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 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 5.26% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.80 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 4.97% or 1.08 points to end at 22.78 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 3.67% or 0.46 points to 12.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which lost 5.13% or 0.18 points to trade at 3.33 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 4.20% or 0.25 points to end at 5.70 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) shed 3.04% or 0.08 points to 2.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 17 and 47 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.48% or 0.59 to $39.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.34 to hit $40.13 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1220.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.43% to 221.810, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.18.