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 added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 5.77% or 1.35 points to trade at 24.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 4.58% or 0.19 points to end at 4.34 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 4.14% or 11.88 points to 299.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which fell 4.21% or 0.66 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.18% or 0.19 points to end at 5.78 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 1.18% or 0.010 points to 0.840.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 24 to 19 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.78% or 0.42 to $53.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.49% or 16.95 to trade at $1157.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.93% to 318.540, while USD/NGN fell 0.01% to 314.980.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 102.69.