Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.39% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.30 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 2.05% or 0.36 points to end at 18.05 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.64% or 2.30 points to 142.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 4.17% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.690 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 2.94% or 0.02 points to end at 0.66 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) shed 1.82% or 0.02 points to 1.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 12 and 55 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.18% or 1.90 to $47.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.86% or 1.85 to hit $49.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.67% or 9.05 to trade at $1340.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.39% to 355.420, while USD/NGN rose 1000.00% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.10.