Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 2.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 9.15% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.67 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 8.17% or 1.45 points to end at 19.20 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 7.48% or 1.04 points to 14.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 1.30% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.770 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 750.08 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 5.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 17 and 42 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.42% or 0.70 to $48.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.62 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 2.42% or 29.35 to trade at $1241.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.13% to 220.620, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.49% at 94.14.