Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.99% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 9.76% or 0.37 points to trade at 4.16 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.00% or 2.38 points to end at 49.01 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 3.10% or 0.43 points to 14.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which lost 2.03% or 0.13 points to trade at 6.26 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 0.64% or 0.020 points to end at 3.090 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 0.19% or 0.01 points to 4.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 18 and 66 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.21% or 0.62 to $51.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.12% or 0.61 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.55 to trade at $1254.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.06% to 335.640, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 100.59.