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 added 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 4.99% or 71.40 points to trade at 1501.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 4.97% or 9.60 points to end at 202.90 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 4.74% or 1.80 points to 39.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 3.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.56% or 2.55 points to end at 97.20 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.15% or 0.050 points to 2.280.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 53 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.75% or 1.13 to $65.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.22% or 1.67 to hit $77.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1302.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.49% to 425.710, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.33.