Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 9.99% or 8.40 points to trade at 92.50 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 8.40% or 0.100 points to end at 1.290 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 5.46% or 1.80 points to 34.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 8.12% or 3.80 points to trade at 45.40 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 6.76% or 1.40 points to end at 19.30 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 5.00% or 0.40 points to 7.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 40 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.28% or 0.19 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $77.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 7.50 to trade at $1200.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.54% to 420.670, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 363.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.92.