Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 1.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.64% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.570 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 3.03% or 0.69 points to end at 23.78 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 2.22% or 0.020 points to 0.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 2.52% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.79 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.25% or 0.010 points to end at 0.790 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 13 and 46 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.65% or 0.33 to $51.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.44% or 0.24 to hit $54.18 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.79% or 9.25 to trade at $1178.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.45% to 336.180, while USD/NGN rose 859.09% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.80.