Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.91% or 2.45 points to trade at 50.55 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 3.65% or 8.10 points to end at 229.90 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 2.43% or 0.45 points to 19.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 9.41% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.770 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 9.15% or 0.150 points to end at 1.490 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 5.19% or 0.35 points to 6.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 30 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.28% or 0.20 to $71.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.23 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1291.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.06% to 424.490, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.21.