Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.56% or 0.85 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 2.81% or 0.18 points to end at 6.58 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.38% or 3.37 points to 145.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 4.26 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 1.99% or 0.060 points to end at 2.950 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 0.21% or 0.03 points to 14.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 25 to 16 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) fell to all time lows; down 1.99% or 0.060 to 2.950.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.21% or 0.97 to $42.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.82% or 0.85 to hit $45.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.49% or 6.45 to trade at $1311.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.04% to 354.430, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.73% at 95.98.