Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 2.84% or 0.71 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 2.52% or 3.50 points to end at 142.50 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 1.05% or 1.00 points to 96.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 4.68% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.240 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.32% or 9.94 points to end at 220.06 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 4.00% or 0.90 points to 21.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 18 and 29 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.35% or 0.20 to $57.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $63.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1257.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.22% to 424.170, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.84.