Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.94% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.57% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.17% or 0.05 points to end at 2.35 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 1.28% or 0.03 points to 2.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 3.00% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.87% or 0.10 points to end at 3.40 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 1.83% or 0.11 points to 5.89.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 29 to 21 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.18% or 0.08 to $45.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.55% or 0.27 to hit $48.49 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.10% or 12.40 to trade at $1114.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.78% to 222.120, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 96.46.