Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 5.00% or 1.25 points to trade at 26.25 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 4.99% or 2.42 points to end at 50.92 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.93% or 0.12 points to 4.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which lost 9.43% or 0.330 points to trade at 3.170 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.66% or 0.030 points to end at 0.790 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 3.53% or 0.030 points to 0.820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 20 and 57 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.51% or 0.25 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $52.01 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1268.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.37% to 344.290, while USD/NGN fell 3.92% to 305.550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 98.84.