Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 3.27% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 10.12% or 0.590 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 9.17% or 0.100 points to end at 1.190 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 8.82% or 0.090 points to 1.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 0.540 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 4.25 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 51 to 8 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.12% or 0.590 to 6.420. Shares in Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) unchanged to all time lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 to 0.500.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.08% or 0.52 to $47.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.95% or 0.48 to hit $50.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.37 to trade at $1277.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.08% to 353.100, while USD/NGN rose 3.26% to 325.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.70.