Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 8.98% or 68.00 points to trade at 779.99 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.80% or 0.15 points to end at 5.53 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.91% or 0.040 points to 2.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which lost 1.87% or 0.03 points to trade at 1.57 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 1.08% or 1.41 points to end at 128.60 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) shed 1.05% or 0.05 points to 4.66.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 17 and 46 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.44% or 0.74 to $50.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.14% or 0.60 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.91% or 11.45 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.27% to 225.770, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 94.00.