Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.56% or 0.85 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 2.81% or 0.18 points to end at 6.58 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.38% or 3.37 points to 145.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 4.26 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 1.99% or 0.060 points to end at 2.950 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 0.21% or 0.03 points to 14.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 16 and 58 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.19% or 0.96 to $42.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.78% or 0.83 to hit $45.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.49% or 6.45 to trade at $1311.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.04% to 354.430, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.73% at 95.98.