Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 3.24% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.170 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.72% or 0.42 points to end at 24.71 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.23% or 1.50 points to 122.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 5.00% or 1.75 points to trade at 33.25 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.99% or 2.37 points to end at 45.13 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 4.55% or 0.20 points to 4.27.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 17 and 64 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $55.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1277.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.25% to 333.700, while USD/NGN fell 0.32% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.64.