Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 1.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 10.10% or 0.51 points to trade at 5.56 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 8.88% or 0.15 points to end at 1.84 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 8.26% or 0.09 points to 1.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 3.28% or 1.22 points to trade at 37.00 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 1.45% or 1.00 points to end at 68.00 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 0.92% or 0.13 points to 14.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 38 to 11 and 35 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.24% or 0.11 to $46.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.44 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1272.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.00% to 226.750, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 94.05.