Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 6.79% or 2.87 points to trade at 45.15 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.84% or 0.28 points to end at 15.50 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.77% or 0.020 points to 1.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 4.55% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.63 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 4.55% or 0.030 points to end at 0.640 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) shed 1.96% or 0.02 points to 1.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 28 to 16 and 46 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.08% or 0.47 to $44.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.90% or 0.87 to hit $46.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.59% or 7.85 to trade at $1318.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.04% to 354.580, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.34.