Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.75% or 0.10 points to trade at 5.67 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 1.03% or 0.03 points to end at 2.95 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 0.48% or 0.01 points to 2.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which lost 4.99% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.57 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.33% or 0.05 points to end at 1.45 and Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) shed 2.99% or 0.08 points to 2.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 22 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.84% or 0.86 to $45.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.69% or 8.10 to trade at $1187.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.38% to 227.780, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 198.950.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 94.29.