Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.00% or 1.07 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.23% or 0.280 points to end at 6.900 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 3.88% or 1.40 points to 37.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 8.99% or 1.70 points to trade at 17.20 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 1.62% or 0.16 points to end at 9.82 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 0.62% or 0.010 points to 1.590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 38 to 36 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.30% or 1.27 to $56.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.13% or 1.31 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.91% or 11.58 to trade at $1289.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.25% to 424.590, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.62.