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 gained 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 5.09% or 0.87 points to trade at 17.97 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 4.50% or 0.18 points to end at 4.18 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 3.13% or 0.030 points to 0.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 1.86% or 2.76 points to trade at 145.24 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 1.36% or 0.10 points to end at 7.28 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) shed 0.44% or 0.03 points to 6.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 15 and 62 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.33 to $49.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.75% or 0.39 to hit $52.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1254.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 3.05% to 339.540, while USD/NGN fell 1.18% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.53.