Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 9.81% or 0.26 points to trade at 2.91 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 5.85% or 0.22 points to end at 3.98 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 4.73% or 0.22 points to 4.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which lost 0.68% or 0.11 points to trade at 16.05 in late trade. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 13.69 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 620.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 14 and 41 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.67% or 0.74 to $43.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.90% or 0.87 to hit $44.93 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1251.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.40% to 225.370, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 94.55.