Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 2.82% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.61 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 1.85% or 0.010 points to end at 0.580 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 1.27% or 0.010 points to 0.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 3.23% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 250.80 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) shed 1.37% or 1.98 points to 143.02.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 14 and 48 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.45% or 2.20 to $51.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.88% or 2.53 to hit $54.37 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.05 to trade at $1168.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.83% to 334.690, while USD/NGN rose 0.32% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 101.26.