Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 8.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.810 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.81% or 0.05 points to end at 1.09 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.72% or 0.060 points to 1.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which lost 1.55% or 0.09 points to trade at 5.71 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 0.45% or 0.010 points to end at 2.210 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 15.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 18 and 52 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.72% or 1.30 to $49.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.68% or 1.32 to hit $50.58 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.72% or 9.45 to trade at $1327.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.09% to 312.990, while USD/NGN fell 0.35% to 281.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.87.