Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 5.00% or 10.95 points to trade at 220.51 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 4.65% or 2.00 points to end at 45.00 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 3.62% or 0.59 points to 16.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 3.07% or 2.95 points to trade at 93.05 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.61% or 0.040 points to end at 2.450 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 0.27% or 0.02 points to 7.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 30 and 27 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $59.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.50 to trade at $1295.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.37% to 429.120, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.31.