Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 5.69% or 2.15 points to trade at 39.95 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 3.08% or 38.84 points to end at 1290.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.28% or 0.31 points to 24.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 3.82% or 0.65 points to trade at 16.35 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 2.99% or 4.00 points to end at 130.48 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 2.17% or 4.99 points to 225.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 41 to 30 and 24 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.64% or 0.93 to $57.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.38 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 8.91 to trade at $1290.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.20% to 422.850, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 93.43.