Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.75% or 0.10 points to trade at 5.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 1.03% or 0.03 points to end at 2.95 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 0.48% or 0.01 points to 2.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 4.99% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.57 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.33% or 0.05 points to end at 1.45 and Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) was down 2.99% or 0.08 points to 2.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 22 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) rose to 3-years lows; rising 1.75% or 0.10 to 5.67.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.89% or 0.88 to $45.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.86% or 0.42 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.69% or 8.10 to trade at $1187.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.38% to 227.780, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 198.950.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 94.29.