Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.99% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 9.76% or 0.37 points to trade at 4.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.00% or 2.38 points to end at 49.01 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 3.10% or 0.43 points to 14.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 2.03% or 0.13 points to trade at 6.26 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 0.64% or 0.020 points to end at 3.090 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 0.19% or 0.01 points to 4.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 19 to 18 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.23% or 0.63 to $51.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.60 to hit $54.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.50 to trade at $1254.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.06% to 335.640, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 100.59.