Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which rose 8.70% or 3.00 points to trade at 35.55 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 3.45% or 0.20 points to end at 5.80 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 2.94% or 0.50 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 9.74% or 1.85 points to trade at 17.15 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 3.08% or 0.020 points to end at 0.650 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 1.48% or 0.20 points to 13.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 61 to 29 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.70 to $71.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.10% or 0.82 to hit $75.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.70 to trade at $1241.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.07% to 355.640, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.