Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 1.75%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.88% or 0.12 points to trade at 4.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 2.44% or 0.30 points to end at 12.60 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.02% or 0.99 points to 98.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 3.00% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 2.56% or 2.05 points to end at 78.02 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 2.06% or 0.02 points to 0.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 21 to 14 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.29% or 0.35 to $27.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.17% or 0.36 to hit $30.48 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 4.97% or 59.40 to trade at $1254.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.08% to 225.900, while USD/NGN rose 0.08% to 199.260.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 95.38.