Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 10.24% or 8.12 points to trade at 87.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.42% or 0.050 points to end at 1.180 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 2.86% or 0.66 points to 23.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.98% or 1.36 points to trade at 25.94 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 2.48% or 1.34 points to end at 52.10 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 1.96% or 0.010 points to 0.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 50 to 28 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) fell to all time lows; falling 1.96% or 0.010 to 0.500.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.03% or 0.50 to $49.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.18% or 0.63 to hit $54.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.04 to trade at $1338.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.29% to 428.250, while USD/NGN rose 0.83% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.20.