Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 5.00% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.630 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 5.00% or 1.05 points to end at 22.05 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 4.92% or 3.10 points to 66.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 3.53% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.42 in late trade. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 2.81% or 0.14 points to end at 4.81 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 1.79% or 16.50 points to 904.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 36 and 24 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.25% or 0.58 to $46.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.39% or 0.68 to hit $49.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.57 to trade at $1241.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.21% to 362.760, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 350.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.56.