Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which rose 8.19% or 5.04 points to trade at 64.00 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 3.40% or 0.51 points to end at 15.46 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.43% or 0.090 points to 3.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which lost 2.17% or 0.12 points to trade at 5.40 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 1.90% or 0.40 points to end at 20.36 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 1.72% or 0.020 points to 1.140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 12 and 65 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.24% or 0.11 to $45.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1330.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.59% to 316.650, while USD/NGN fell 0.35% to 281.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 96.62.