Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 9.52% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 8.11% or 0.060 points to end at 0.800 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.84% or 0.090 points to 1.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 3.85% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.25 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 3.74% or 3.85 points to end at 99.15 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 2.17% or 0.50 points to 22.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 54 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.37 to $67.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.87% or 0.63 to hit $72.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.30 to trade at $1348.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.12% to 443.620, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.46.