Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 5.00% or 0.310 points to trade at 6.510 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 3.10% or 3.10 points to end at 103.10 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.49% or 0.38 points to 25.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which lost 2.61% or 1.14 points to trade at 42.52 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 1.70% or 0.39 points to end at 22.61 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 1.47% or 0.14 points to 9.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 38 to 34 and 27 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $54.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.39% or 0.24 to hit $60.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.86 to trade at $1278.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.01% to 418.970, while USD/NGN fell 0.84% to 355.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.63.