Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.24% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 3.72% or 7.20 points to end at 200.50 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.43% or 0.95 points to 40.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which fell 2.38% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.15 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.07% or 0.030 points to end at 1.420 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 2.16% or 0.55 points to 25.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 63 to 23 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.30% or 2.33 to $72.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.02% or 1.54 to hit $77.68 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.30% to 418.830, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 94.79.