Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 9.38% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.650 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.20% or 0.09 points to end at 4.10 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 1.39% or 0.36 points to 26.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 8.94% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.120 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 5.00% or 0.06 points to end at 1.14 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 2.59% or 0.15 points to 5.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 17 and 44 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.91% or 1.40 to $46.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.22% or 16.45 to trade at $1329.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 5.94% to 378.160, while USD/NGN fell 2.24% to 327.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.72.