Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.48% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.77% or 0.17 points to trade at 1.91 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 6.36% or 0.07 points to end at 1.17 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 5.19% or 0.19 points to 3.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which lost 3.67% or 0.77 points to trade at 20.20 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.13% or 0.04 points to end at 1.24 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) shed 2.04% or 0.10 points to 4.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 18 and 54 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.41% or 0.20 to $48.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1252.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.17% to 223.390, while USD/NGN rose 0.04% to 199.235.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.39.