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 rose 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 5.00% or 2.10 points to trade at 44.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 5.00% or 1.20 points to end at 25.22 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 4.84% or 0.260 points to 5.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 2.07% or 0.12 points to trade at 5.95 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 1.15% or 1.99 points to end at 168.65 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was down 0.36% or 0.05 points to 13.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 37 to 29 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.26% or 0.13 to $50.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.83 to trade at $1298.63 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.53% to 427.780, while USD/NGN rose 1.55% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 91.97.