Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 4.09% or 55.00 points to trade at 1400.00 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.11% or 0.35 points to end at 32.00 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 0.96% or 0.50 points to 52.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 4.80% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.190 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.48% or 0.130 points to end at 2.770 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 4.39% or 0.050 points to 1.090.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 24 and 20 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.62% or 0.38 to $61.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.64 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.00 to trade at $1354.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.08% to 449.990, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 88.90.