Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 9.94% or 0.320 points to trade at 3.540 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 6.16% or 0.45 points to end at 7.80 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 5.49% or 0.83 points to 15.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 3.53% or 4.10 points to trade at 110.30 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 2.99% or 44.89 points to end at 1455.11 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) shed 1.74% or 0.87 points to 49.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 47 to 28 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.92% or 0.60 to $66.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 10.40 to trade at $1352.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.29% to 448.420, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.