Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, 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 Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 2.04% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 1.80% or 0.18 points to end at 10.20 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.69% or 0.150 points to 9.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 5.75% or 1.18 points to trade at 19.32 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.99% or 2.19 points to end at 41.70 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 4.78% or 11.00 points to 229.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.43% or 0.25 to $58.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1270.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.25% to 426.590, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.88.