Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.46% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 5.96% or 0.700 points to trade at 12.450 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 3.85% or 0.030 points to end at 0.810 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 3.77% or 8.40 points to 231.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 4.55% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.910 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.17% or 1.75 points to end at 40.25 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 2.22% or 0.50 points to 22.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 46 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.90 to trade at $1322.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.78% to 435.160, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 91.46.