Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 3.12%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 9.86% or 0.71 points to trade at 7.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 2.65% or 3.21 points to end at 127.05 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 4.97% or 0.82 points to 17.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which fell 0.74% or 0.02 points to trade at 2.71 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 0.64% or 0.01 points to end at 1.56 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 0.27% or 0.01 points to 3.74.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 39 to 17 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.33% or 0.61 to $45.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.37% or 0.69 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 6.70 to trade at $1084.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.90% to 216.520, while USD/NGN rose 0.01% to 199.075.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.19.