Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 5.00% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.05 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 4.69% or 0.030 points to end at 0.640 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 4.22% or 0.84 points to 20.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which lost 3.37% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.72 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 2.86% or 0.74 points to end at 25.09 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 1.20% or 0.19 points to 15.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 13 and 55 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.12% or 1.91 to $44.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.80% or 1.81 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1342.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.05% to 353.830, while USD/NGN fell 2.62% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.36.