Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 6.75% or 1.58 points to trade at 25.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 3.36% or 0.47 points to end at 14.30 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.81% or 0.18 points to 6.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 9.72% or 3.45 points to trade at 32.05 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 5.83% or 3.00 points to end at 48.50 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was down 4.44% or 0.19 points to 4.09.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 22 to 15 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.75% or 1.58 to 25.09.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.53% or 0.76 to $48.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.51% or 0.79 to hit $51.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.56 to trade at $1266.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.05% to 343.020, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.00.