Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.52% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.00% or 2.60 points to end at 54.60 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 4.95% or 0.24 points to 5.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 4.75% or 0.26 points to trade at 5.21 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 3.63% or 0.80 points to end at 21.50 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 2.49% or 0.24 points to 9.49.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 41 to 36 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $49.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.93 to trade at $1244.93 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.17% to 362.150, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 350.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 94.11.