Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 9.84% or 0.42 points to trade at 4.69 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 9.52% or 83.98 points to end at 874.00 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 4.74% or 0.09 points to 1.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which lost 6.01% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.20 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 4.61% or 0.28 points to end at 5.78 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.46% or 0.31 points to 6.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 31 to 20 and 43 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.44% or 1.01 to $40.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.43% or 1.14 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.60 to trade at $1158.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.01% to 224.720, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 199.095.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.83% at 94.97.