Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.14% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.26% or 2.50 points to end at 50.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 4.86% or 1.40 points to 30.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.13% or 0.95 points to trade at 22.80 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.71% or 2.85 points to end at 102.15 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 2.44% or 33.00 points to 1283.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 50 to 40 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.65% or 1.06 to $65.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.42% or 0.98 to hit $69.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.55% or 20.60 to trade at $1348.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.17% to 444.400, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 89.09.