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 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 2.94% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.510 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 2.22% or 0.020 points to end at 0.920 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.42% or 0.08 points to 5.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which lost 0.56% or 0.14 points to trade at 24.30 in late trade. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 14.80 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 13 and 66 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.49 to hit $54.95 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.55 to trade at $1130.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.46% to 328.390, while USD/NGN fell 0.87% to 314.250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 103.02.