Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.17% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.76% or 0.39 points to end at 22.51 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 1.59% or 0.10 points to 6.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 2.39% or 1.06 points to trade at 43.23 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.32% or 0.130 points to end at 5.470 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 1.85% or 0.010 points to 0.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 42 to 37 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.54% or 0.28 to $52.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.62% or 0.36 to hit $57.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 12.65 to trade at $1289.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 419.930, while USD/NGN rose 1.33% to 360.220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.15.