Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 9.38% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.20% or 0.09 points to end at 4.10 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 1.39% or 0.36 points to 26.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 8.94% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.120 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 5.00% or 0.06 points to end at 1.14 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 2.59% or 0.15 points to 5.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 17 to 17 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.39% or 0.36 to 26.45.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.87% or 1.38 to $46.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.76% or 0.88 to hit $49.08 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.22% or 16.45 to trade at $1329.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 5.94% to 378.160, while USD/NGN fell 2.24% to 327.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.72.