Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 4.28% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 1.14% or 0.50 points to end at 44.50 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.05% or 0.020 points to 1.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 4.35% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.880 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.32% or 0.30 points to end at 6.65 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was down 3.45% or 1.90 points to 53.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 35 to 24 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.28% or 0.18 to $63.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.43% or 0.29 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.50 to trade at $1329.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.04% to 442.070, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.20.