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 gained 0.36% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 5.11% or 2.20 points to trade at 45.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 5.00% or 3.00 points to end at 61.52 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 3.78% or 0.21 points to 5.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which fell 4.35% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.38 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.29% or 0.030 points to end at 1.280 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 1.89% or 0.010 points to 0.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 47 to 28 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.00% or 3.00 to 61.52.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $48.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.01 to trade at $1293.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.35% to 429.710, while USD/NGN fell 0.83% to 365.180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 92.93.