Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.78% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 5.31% or 1.69 points to trade at 33.50 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 4.73% or 0.65 points to end at 14.39 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.89% or 0.130 points to 3.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 3.77% or 10.00 points to trade at 255.00 in late trade. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 0.24% or 0.01 points to end at 4.19 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 13 and 51 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $47.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $50.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 7.94 to trade at $1249.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.78% to 343.400, while USD/NGN fell 1.64% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.95.