Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.17% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 7.58% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.420 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 5.74% or 0.380 points to end at 7.020 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 5.68% or 0.29 points to 5.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which lost 5.00% or 48.20 points to trade at 915.80 in late trade. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 1.55% or 0.45 points to end at 28.55 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 1.25% or 0.45 points to 36.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 55 to 28 and 26 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.74% or 0.34 to $45.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.92% or 0.44 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.38 to trade at $1272.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.48% to 351.920, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 324.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.22.