Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 4.78% or 70.99 points to trade at 1555.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 4.14% or 0.31 points to end at 7.80 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 4.00% or 0.020 points to 0.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 4.25% or 9.78 points to trade at 220.17 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 2.91% or 0.60 points to end at 20.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 2.11% or 0.190 points to 8.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 44 to 27 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) rose to all time highs; up 4.78% or 70.99 to 1555.99.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.39 to $60.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.83% or 0.55 to hit $66.71 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.00 to trade at $1307.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.42% to 430.940, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.