Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 5.00% or 6.41 points to trade at 133.05 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 77.07 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 4.86% or 0.31 points to 6.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 4.87% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.47 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.17% or 0.05 points to end at 1.15 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 3.78% or 29.66 points to 751.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 29 to 24 and 38 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.78% or 0.39 to hit $50.11 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.65 to trade at $1213.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.36% to 223.140, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.49.