Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 3.22% or 0.74 points to trade at 23.74 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 2.61% or 6.00 points to end at 236.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.70% or 0.120 points to 7.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which lost 3.10% or 39.96 points to trade at 1250.04 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 2.82% or 1.45 points to end at 50.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 0.98% or 0.06 points to 6.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 39 to 34 and 29 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.14% or 0.08 to $57.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $63.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.34 to trade at $1286.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.24% to 417.510, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 355.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.78.