Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 10.00% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 6.26% or 7.95 points to end at 135.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 5.07% or 0.35 points to 7.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 4.68% or 0.36 points to trade at 7.34 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.23% or 0.030 points to end at 0.900 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 3.20% or 0.07 points to 2.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 29 to 22 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.95% or 0.88 to $44.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.22% or 0.60 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.41% or 4.40 to trade at $1090.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.24% to 216.000, while USD/NGN rose 0.01% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.84.