Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 3.22% or 0.74 points to trade at 23.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 2.61% or 6.00 points to end at 236.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.70% or 0.120 points to 7.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which fell 3.10% or 39.96 points to trade at 1250.04 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 2.82% or 1.45 points to end at 50.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 0.98% or 0.06 points to 6.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 39 to 34 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.70% or 0.120 to 7.190.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.17% or 0.10 to $57.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.42 to trade at $1286.22 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.24% to 417.510, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 355.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.77.