Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 4.82% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 2.49% or 0.37 points to end at 15.20 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.16% or 0.08 points to 3.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which lost 0.88% or 0.03 points to trade at 3.37 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 0.80% or 0.01 points to end at 1.24 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 0.22% or 0.01 points to 4.36.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 17 and 56 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.31% or 0.13 to $41.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.63% or 20.40 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.49% to 223.780, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 94.90.