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 2.17% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 10.14% or 0.450 points to trade at 4.890 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 5.00% or 1.68 points to end at 35.28 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 4.99% or 0.91 points to 19.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 1.96% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 0.73% or 0.05 points to end at 6.99 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 0.69% or 0.25 points to 34.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 33 to 19 and 49 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.31% or 0.64 to $49.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.95% or 0.49 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 10.89 to trade at $1267.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.04% to 353.200, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 325.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.35.