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 rose 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 2.84% or 0.71 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 2.52% or 3.50 points to end at 142.50 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 1.05% or 1.00 points to 96.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 4.68% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.240 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.32% or 9.94 points to end at 220.06 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.00% or 0.90 points to 21.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 46 to 18 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.39% or 0.22 to $57.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $63.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1257.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.22% to 424.170, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.84.