Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 1.43% or 0.08 points to end at 5.60 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.08% or 0.05 points to 4.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 2.86% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.42 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 1.67% or 2.29 points to end at 134.99 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was down 0.88% or 1.13 points to 127.97.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 20 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.18% or 0.91 to $40.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.92% or 0.41 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.00 to trade at $1082.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.53% to 214.620, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 198.920.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 99.26.