Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 3.05% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 8.70% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 6.49% or 0.250 points to end at 4.100 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 5.00% or 6.80 points to 142.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.500 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.990.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 44 to 13 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) unchanged to all time lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 to 0.500.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.27% or 0.60 to $47.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.25% or 0.63 to hit $50.85 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.26 to trade at $1225.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.17% to 342.690, while USD/NGN fell 0.39% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 99.46.