Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 7.83% or 0.22 points to trade at 3.03 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 4.99% or 5.51 points to end at 115.89 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 4.96% or 1.01 points to 21.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 3.33% or 2.34 points to trade at 67.97 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 2.50% or 0.03 points to end at 1.16 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 2.11% or 0.03 points to 1.39.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 18 and 54 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.17% or 0.08 to $45.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.90% or 0.43 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 2.04% or 25.85 to trade at $1292.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.53% to 227.050, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.71% at 93.06.