Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.17% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.03% or 0.12 points to end at 4.10 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 2.87% or 0.06 points to 2.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which fell 5.00% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.85 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.99% or 1.99 points to end at 37.00 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was down 3.55% or 0.21 points to 5.72.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 32 to 25 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.37% or 0.19 to $51.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $57.24 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.80 to trade at $1143.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.33% to 216.600, while USD/NGN fell 0.09% to 198.925.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 97.70.