Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 8.73% or 4.80 points to trade at 59.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 3.37% or 0.70 points to end at 21.45 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.84% or 0.10 points to 12.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 4.98% or 12.40 points to trade at 236.60 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.41% or 0.030 points to end at 0.850 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.99% or 0.080 points to 2.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 24 to 18 and 65 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.95% or 1.24 to $62.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.48% or 1.01 to hit $67.32 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1333.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.33% to 440.630, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 89.89.