Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 8.06% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.680 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 6.45% or 0.060 points to end at 0.990 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 4.69% or 0.30 points to 6.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.91% or 2.70 points to trade at 52.30 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 2.37% or 1.10 points to end at 44.75 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 2.11% or 0.040 points to 1.950.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 34 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.78% or 0.50 to $64.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.74% or 0.51 to hit $69.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1322.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.55% to 443.620, while USD/NGN rose 1000.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.81.