Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 3.66% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 3.17% or 2.42 points to end at 78.74 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.01% or 0.100 points to 3.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 2.14% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.95 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 1.34% or 0.05 points to end at 3.69 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 1.16% or 0.010 points to 0.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 20 to 16 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; down 1.16% or 0.010 to 0.850.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.43% or 0.73 to $50.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.04% or 0.56 to hit $53.37 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.65% or 7.65 to trade at $1177.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.12% to 337.940, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 316.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 100.30.