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 rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.55% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 8.53% or 0.220 points to end at 2.800 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 8.00% or 0.040 points to 0.540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which fell 3.60% or 55.99 points to trade at 1500.00 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 3.24% or 7.45 points to end at 222.50 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 1.42% or 0.15 points to 10.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 51 to 25 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.55% or 0.150 to 1.720. Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 8.53% or 0.220 to 2.800.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.92% or 1.16 to $61.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.70% or 1.13 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1318.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 431.940, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.78.