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 gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 3.99% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.99 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 3.92% or 0.020 points to end at 0.530 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.11% or 0.170 points to 5.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.92% or 1.28 points to trade at 24.72 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 3.68% or 3.63 points to end at 97.91 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 1.73% or 4.00 points to 227.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 35 to 34 and 25 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.21% or 0.11 to $51.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.03% or 0.59 to hit $56.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1285.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.28% to 422.300, while USD/NGN rose 1.13% to 359.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.02.