Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 3.19% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 4.99% or 5.31 points to trade at 111.76 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 4.98% or 1.60 points to end at 33.70 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 4.40% or 1.02 points to 24.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 2.65% or 0.03 points to trade at 1.10 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 2.41% or 0.020 points to end at 0.810 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 0.65% or 0.04 points to 6.16.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 36 to 12 and 41 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.94% or 0.46 to $49.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.12% or 0.56 to hit $50.44 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.45 to trade at $1264.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.95% to 323.130, while USD/NGN rose 42.61% to 284.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.46.