Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.08% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 2.56% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.13% or 0.12 points to end at 5.36 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 1.54% or 0.02 points to 1.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which lost 4.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.31 in late trade. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 3.04% or 0.52 points to end at 16.58 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) shed 1.86% or 0.39 points to 20.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 22 and 41 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.44% or 0.22 to $49.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.29 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.75 to trade at $1213.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.00% to 222.450, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 95.48.