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 1.70% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which rose 5.93% or 3.21 points to trade at 56.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 5.26% or 0.300 points to end at 6.000 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 3.91% or 6.40 points to 170.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 0.64% or 0.15 points to trade at 23.40 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 0.60% or 0.04 points to end at 6.60 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.530.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 50 to 25 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.72% or 1.38 to $49.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.96% or 1.12 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.34 to trade at $1276.54 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.37% to 421.470, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 356.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.70.