Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 7.49% or 4.50 points to trade at 64.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 5.00% or 2.35 points to end at 47.05 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 4.87% or 0.550 points to 11.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 4.08% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.05 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 1.33% or 0.30 points to end at 22.20 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was down 0.90% or 0.15 points to 16.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 46 to 45 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.05% or 0.64 to $60.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.47 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.20 to trade at $1321.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.24% to 446.240, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 90.09.