Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.57% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 7.02% or 0.040 points to end at 0.610 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 4.99% or 1.99 points to 40.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which fell 2.42% or 0.230 points to trade at 9.280 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 1.96% or 0.40 points to end at 20.40 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 0.68% or 0.020 points to 2.940.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 53 to 19 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) fell to 3-years highs; losing 0.68% or 0.020 to 2.940.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.92% or 0.57 to $61.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.59% or 0.40 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1322.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.08% to 434.500, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 91.72.