Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 8.73% or 4.80 points to trade at 59.80 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 3.37% or 0.70 points to end at 21.45 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.84% or 0.10 points to 12.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 4.98% or 12.40 points to trade at 236.60 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.41% or 0.030 points to end at 0.850 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 2.99% or 0.080 points to 2.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 18 and 65 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.95% or 1.24 to $62.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.49% or 1.02 to hit $67.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1333.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.33% to 440.630, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 89.89.