Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.40% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.78% or 11.00 points to trade at 234.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 3.52% or 0.070 points to end at 2.060 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 2.44% or 0.030 points to 1.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which fell 3.92% or 5.40 points to trade at 132.30 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 2.91% or 0.51 points to end at 16.99 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 1.09% or 1.07 points to 98.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 39 to 35 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.52% or 0.070 to 2.060.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $57.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.13 to hit $62.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.83 to trade at $1273.27 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.05% to 426.110, while USD/NGN fell 28.89% to 256.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.04.