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 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.28% or 0.14 points to trade at 6.28 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.86% or 0.27 points to end at 14.75 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.74% or 0.060 points to 3.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 4.92% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.22 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 1.54% or 0.26 points to end at 16.75 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 0.12% or 1.00 points to 797.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 13 and 68 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.63% or 0.34 to $54.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.67% or 7.90 to trade at $1173.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.40% to 322.350, while USD/NGN rose 0.56% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 102.04.