Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.62% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.570 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 7.28% or 0.95 points to end at 14.00 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 0.63% or 0.010 points to 1.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 9.52% or 1.20 points to trade at 11.40 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 7.69% or 0.050 points to end at 0.600 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 6.10% or 1.60 points to 24.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 49 to 36 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.71% or 1.16 to $68.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.67% or 1.25 to hit $75.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.72% or 20.50 to trade at $1214.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.20% to 419.230, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 362.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 94.99.