Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.01% or 0.19 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.76% or 0.15 points to end at 3.30 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.35% or 0.05 points to 1.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 14.25 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.770 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) shed 4.74% or 0.11 points to 2.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 20 and 39 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.63% or 1.39 to $36.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.87% or 1.56 to hit $38.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.16% or 14.30 to trade at $1221.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.18% to 227.110, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.59.