Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.92% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 2.27% or 0.51 points to end at 23.01 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.56% or 0.20 points to 12.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which fell 3.37% or 2.96 points to trade at 85.41 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.36% or 0.040 points to end at 1.160 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.33% or 0.030 points to 1.260.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 43 to 29 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.28% or 0.13 to $46.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.92% or 0.46 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.46 to trade at $1293.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.35% to 421.970, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.49.