Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.17% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.99 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.76% or 0.39 points to end at 22.51 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 1.59% or 0.10 points to 6.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 2.39% or 1.06 points to trade at 43.23 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.32% or 0.130 points to end at 5.470 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 1.85% or 0.010 points to 0.520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 42 to 37 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.54% or 0.28 to $52.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.62% or 0.36 to hit $57.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.98% or 12.75 to trade at $1288.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 419.930, while USD/NGN rose 1.33% to 360.220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 93.16.