Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 8.84% or 3.80 points to trade at 46.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 8.00% or 1.00 points to end at 13.50 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 6.31% or 0.70 points to 11.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 9.48% or 0.55 points to trade at 5.25 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 5.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.570 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was down 4.06% or 7.70 points to 182.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 46 to 44 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.17% or 0.82 to $71.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.33% or 0.26 to hit $78.96 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.40 to trade at $1202.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.35% to 426.960, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.82.