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 gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 4.82% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 2.49% or 0.37 points to end at 15.20 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.16% or 0.08 points to 3.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which fell 0.88% or 0.03 points to trade at 3.37 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 0.80% or 0.01 points to end at 1.24 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 0.22% or 0.01 points to 4.36.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 17 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.22% or 0.01 to 4.36.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.31% or 0.13 to $41.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.62% or 20.20 to trade at $1228.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.49% to 223.780, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.89.