Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.68% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 2.83% or 0.40 points to trade at 14.59 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 2.40% or 3.14 points to end at 133.84 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 2.27% or 0.020 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which lost 2.63% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.70 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.22% or 0.070 points to end at 3.050 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 1.95% or 5.45 points to 274.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 14 and 52 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.35% or 0.17 to $48.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.32% or 27.85 to trade at $1228.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.05% to 337.550, while USD/NGN rose 0.32% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.21.