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 rose 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 4.78% or 70.99 points to trade at 1555.99 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 4.14% or 0.31 points to end at 7.80 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 4.00% or 0.020 points to 0.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 4.25% or 9.78 points to trade at 220.17 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 2.91% or 0.60 points to end at 20.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 2.11% or 0.190 points to 8.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 44 to 27 and 20 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.39 to $60.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.82% or 0.54 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.00 to trade at $1307.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.42% to 430.940, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.