Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 2.84% or 0.250 points to trade at 9.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 2.52% or 1.20 points to end at 49.00 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.80% or 1.90 points to 107.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 9.23% or 1.80 points to trade at 17.70 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 5.65% or 0.95 points to end at 15.85 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 5.05% or 0.100 points to 1.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 55 to 32 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $68.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.44% or 0.32 to hit $72.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.00 to trade at $1231.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.40% to 421.160, while USD/NGN rose 1000.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 94.32.