Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 3.54% or 0.65 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 2.00% or 0.20 points to end at 10.20 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.80% or 2.00 points to 113.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 9.90% or 2.05 points to trade at 18.65 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.74% or 1.85 points to end at 37.15 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.71% or 0.060 points to 2.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 56 to 35 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.90% or 2.05 to 18.65.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.16% or 0.86 to $73.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.33% or 0.26 to hit $77.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.80 to trade at $1258.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.39% to 420.710, while USD/NGN rose 0.11% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.14.