Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.53%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 9.11% or 1.44 points to trade at 17.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.29% or 0.070 points to end at 1.700 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 3.68% or 1.49 points to 40.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 2.30% or 0.23 points to trade at 9.76 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 1.79% or 0.42 points to end at 23.00 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 1.69% or 0.020 points to 1.160.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 32 to 27 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.11% or 1.44 to 17.24. Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.29% or 0.070 to 1.700.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.41% or 0.82 to $58.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.84 to trade at $1288.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.09% to 426.840, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.