Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.00% or 1.02 points to trade at 21.42 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 2.56% or 0.040 points to end at 1.600 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 1.41% or 0.60 points to 43.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which lost 4.06% or 0.280 points to trade at 6.620 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 2.06% or 0.30 points to end at 14.50 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 1.52% or 0.55 points to 35.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 43 to 30 and 21 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.43% or 0.24 to $55.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.81% or 0.50 to hit $61.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1280.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.69% to 423.520, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.