Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 10.00% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.54 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 9.11% or 0.50 points to end at 5.85 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 4.81% or 0.20 points to 4.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 0.880 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 1.35% or 0.01 points to end at 0.73 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 0.82% or 0.03 points to 3.62.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 10 and 49 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.12% or 0.04 to $34.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.06 to hit $36.87 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.21% or 15.00 to trade at $1256.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.25% to 216.580, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 97.75.