Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.78% or 10.40 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.14% or 0.350 points to end at 11.500 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.57% or 0.20 points to 12.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 3.26% or 0.75 points to trade at 22.25 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 2.88% or 0.030 points to end at 1.010 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 2.83% or 0.030 points to 1.030.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 47 to 36 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.59% or 0.98 to $62.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.22% or 0.80 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1331.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.24% to 442.910, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.72.