Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.77% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.22% or 0.110 points to end at 3.530 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 2.48% or 0.40 points to 16.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 9.08% or 27.56 points to trade at 276.22 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.17% or 2.00 points to end at 46.03 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 3.45% or 0.50 points to 14.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 20 to 19 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.27% or 0.63 to $50.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.04% or 0.55 to hit $53.55 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.41% or 4.85 to trade at $1172.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.59% to 329.190, while USD/NGN rose 0.16% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 101.11.