Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 3.05% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 8.70% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 6.49% or 0.250 points to end at 4.100 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 5.00% or 6.80 points to 142.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 5.15 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.500 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.990.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 44 to 13 and 44 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.27% or 0.60 to $47.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.25% or 0.63 to hit $50.85 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.26 to trade at $1225.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.17% to 342.690, while USD/NGN fell 0.39% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 99.46.