Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 13.39 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.87% or 0.19 points to end at 6.89 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.75% or 1.98 points to 117.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 3.53% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.820 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.23% or 0.010 points to end at 0.800 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 1.20% or 0.040 points to 3.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 10 and 64 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.43% or 0.23 to $53.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $55.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1239.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.12% to 335.270, while USD/NGN fell 0.71% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.87.