Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 10.00% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.00 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 6.26% or 7.95 points to end at 135.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 5.07% or 0.35 points to 7.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 4.68% or 0.36 points to trade at 7.34 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.23% or 0.030 points to end at 0.900 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 3.20% or 0.07 points to 2.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 29 to 22 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.93% or 0.87 to $44.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.18% or 0.58 to hit $49.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.41% or 4.40 to trade at $1090.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.24% to 216.000, while USD/NGN rose 0.01% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.84.