Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 4.98% or 69.00 points to trade at 1454.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.62% or 0.030 points to end at 0.680 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.95% or 1.25 points to 43.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 3.01% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.45 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 2.23% or 0.30 points to end at 13.15 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 2.13% or 0.040 points to 1.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 61 to 39 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.06% or 1.35 to $66.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.59% or 1.13 to hit $72.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 13.70 to trade at $1359.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.40% to 445.490, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.18.