Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 4.58% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 4.00% or 1.00 points to end at 25.03 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.95% or 0.19 points to 5.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which fell 5.00% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.20% or 0.11 points to end at 4.89 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 2.11% or 0.020 points to 0.950.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 18 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) fell to all time lows; falling 5.00% or 0.07 to 1.33. Shares in Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) fell to all time lows; down 2.20% or 0.11 to 4.89.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.30% or 0.92 to $40.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.09% or 1.31 to hit $43.80 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.46% or 4.80 to trade at $1058.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.67% to 209.730, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 198.900.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.95% at 98.10.