Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 3.27% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 10.12% or 0.590 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 9.17% or 0.100 points to end at 1.190 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 8.82% or 0.090 points to 1.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 0.540 in late trade. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 4.25 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 51 to 8 and 53 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.12% or 0.54 to $47.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.99% or 0.50 to hit $50.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.26 to trade at $1277.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.08% to 353.100, while USD/NGN rose 3.26% to 325.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.70.