Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 5.00% or 10.95 points to trade at 229.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 3.48% or 0.080 points to end at 2.380 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.94% or 0.30 points to 10.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 7.31% or 3.21 points to trade at 40.68 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 1.81% or 0.75 points to end at 40.75 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 1.04% or 1.00 points to 95.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 40 to 27 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.22% or 0.13 to $58.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $64.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.90 to trade at $1278.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.12% to 426.080, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.94.