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 added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 4.55% or 0.75 points to trade at 17.25 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 4.07% or 0.34 points to end at 8.70 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 3.28% or 0.040 points to 1.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 9.25% or 2.14 points to trade at 20.98 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 7.69% or 0.050 points to end at 0.600 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 5.00% or 2.50 points to 47.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 42 to 37 and 19 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.97% or 1.35 to $44.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.95% or 1.42 to hit $46.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.08% or 13.21 to trade at $1210.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.56% to 359.180, while USD/NGN fell 10.07% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.78.