Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 4.71% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.890 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 3.39% or 0.020 points to end at 0.580 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 3.21% or 10.27 points to 329.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 4.39% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.160 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 3.85% or 0.25 points to end at 6.27 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 1.67% or 0.01 points to 0.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 11 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.99% or 0.99 to $48.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.41% or 0.71 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.78% or 9.85 to trade at $1279.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.29% to 346.530, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 98.43.