Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.24% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 9.86% or 2.90 points to trade at 32.30 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 1.30% or 9.44 points to end at 701.22 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.89% or 0.13 points to 14.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 4.69% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.80 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.23% or 12.00 points to end at 283.00 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) shed 2.93% or 1.99 points to 67.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 16 and 60 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.89% or 0.44 to $48.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.92% or 0.48 to hit $51.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 3.85 to trade at $1199.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.53% to 333.870, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 101.44.