Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.78% or 10.40 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.14% or 0.350 points to end at 11.500 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.57% or 0.20 points to 12.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 3.26% or 0.75 points to trade at 22.25 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 2.88% or 0.030 points to end at 1.010 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 2.83% or 0.030 points to 1.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 47 to 36 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.59% or 0.98 to $62.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.24% or 0.81 to hit $66.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1331.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.24% to 442.910, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.72.