Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 9.52% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.920 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 8.11% or 0.060 points to end at 0.800 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.84% or 0.090 points to 1.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 3.85% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.25 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 3.74% or 3.85 points to end at 99.15 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 2.17% or 0.50 points to 22.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 54 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.37 to $67.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.87% or 0.63 to hit $72.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.50 to trade at $1348.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.12% to 443.620, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.46.