Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.14% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.26% or 2.50 points to end at 50.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 4.86% or 1.40 points to 30.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.13% or 0.95 points to trade at 22.80 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.71% or 2.85 points to end at 102.15 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 2.44% or 33.00 points to 1283.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 50 to 40 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.70% or 1.09 to $65.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.48% or 1.02 to hit $69.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.54% or 20.50 to trade at $1347.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.17% to 444.400, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 89.09.