Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 10.23% or 8.94 points to trade at 90.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 4.99% or 1.90 points to end at 39.95 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 3.88% or 1.49 points to 39.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 4.76% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 4.32% or 0.260 points to end at 5.800 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 1.96% or 0.010 points to 0.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 38 to 34 and 13 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 down 0.10% or 0.05 to $49.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $54.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.83 to trade at $1349.83 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.58% to 430.720, while USD/NGN fell 0.42% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 91.68.