Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.20% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 9.92% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 7.32% or 1.43 points to end at 20.97 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 4.90% or 0.25 points to 5.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 5.00% or 1.60 points to trade at 30.46 in late trade. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 4.48% or 0.23 points to end at 4.89 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) shed 3.94% or 3.90 points to 96.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 18 and 35 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.62% or 0.30 to $47.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.72% or 0.35 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.48% or 18.90 to trade at $1255.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.70% to 223.000, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.25.