Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.52% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.690 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.00% or 2.60 points to end at 54.60 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 4.95% or 0.24 points to 5.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 4.75% or 0.26 points to trade at 5.21 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 3.63% or 0.80 points to end at 21.50 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 2.49% or 0.24 points to 9.49.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 41 to 36 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $49.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.93 to trade at $1244.93 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.17% to 362.150, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 350.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 94.11.