Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 4.61% or 2.95 points to trade at 67.00 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.77% or 0.28 points to end at 16.50 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.57% or 0.10 points to 6.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 5.56% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.510 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.74% or 13.97 points to end at 286.17 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 4.59% or 0.050 points to 1.040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 14 and 58 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.21% or 1.15 to $53.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.25% or 1.22 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.70 to trade at $1206.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 335.390, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 100.98.