Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 4.24% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.23 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 4.11% or 3.95 points to end at 99.99 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 1.01% or 0.01 points to 1.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which lost 7.98% or 0.36 points to trade at 4.14 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 4.63% or 0.17 points to end at 3.50 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 24.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 11 and 47 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.48% or 1.34 to $39.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.33% or 0.94 to hit $41.27 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.79% or 34.30 to trade at $1264.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 2.13% to 225.450, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.99% at 94.75.