Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.58% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 10.11% or 0.66 points to trade at 7.19 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 7.56% or 0.170 points to end at 2.420 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 6.12% or 0.520 points to 9.030 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 5.00% or 11.99 points to trade at 228.02 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 2.42% or 1.04 points to end at 42.01 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 1.61% or 0.80 points to 49.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 40 to 29 and 34 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.05% or 0.59 to $56.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.19% or 0.73 to hit $61.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 11.20 to trade at $1254.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.21% to 424.350, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.66.