Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which rose 3.52% or 1.80 points to trade at 52.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 2.61% or 0.60 points to end at 23.60 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.37% or 3.00 points to 130.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 3.72% or 2.40 points to trade at 63.00 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 2.65% or 1.30 points to end at 47.55 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 2.53% or 0.300 points to 11.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 52 to 47 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.84% or 1.71 to $61.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.58% or 1.64 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1325.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.65% to 443.350, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 89.98.