Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 2.56% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.78% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.02 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 9.32% or 0.11 points to end at 1.29 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 8.30% or 0.37 points to 4.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 3.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.760 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 2.52% or 3.05 points to end at 117.96 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 35.51.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 50 to 10 and 23 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.01% or 0.47 to $46.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1274.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.35% to 225.950, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 94.67.