Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 3.71% or 0.89 points to trade at 24.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 2.54% or 0.06 points to end at 2.41 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 2.03% or 0.36 points to 18.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 2.45% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.98 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.37% or 0.15 points to end at 6.20 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 2.02% or 0.07 points to 3.43.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 24 to 22 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.47% or 0.22 to $46.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.74% or 0.86 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.70 to trade at $1117.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.82% to 225.450, while USD/NGN rose 0.11% to 199.220.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.38.