Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.07% or 0.73 points to trade at 18.70 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 3.97% or 0.17 points to end at 4.49 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 3.38% or 0.49 points to 15.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 4.35% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.660 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 3.45% or 2.00 points to end at 56.00 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) shed 1.69% or 0.11 points to 6.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 17 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.30% or 1.57 to $46.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.58% or 1.79 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.75 to trade at $1335.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.27% to 354.470, while USD/NGN fell 0.32% to 314.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 95.41.