Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.95% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 4.90% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.07 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 4.55% or 0.030 points to end at 0.690 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 3.37% or 0.030 points to 0.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 0.77% or 0.05 points to trade at 6.57 in late trade. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 14.90 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 825.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 11 and 51 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.93% or 1.31 to $43.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.69% or 1.26 to hit $45.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.75 to trade at $1317.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.54% to 351.000, while USD/NGN rose 1.44% to 314.810.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 95.67.