Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.08% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 2.56% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.13% or 0.12 points to end at 5.36 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 1.54% or 0.02 points to 1.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which fell 4.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.31 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 3.04% or 0.52 points to end at 16.58 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was down 1.86% or 0.39 points to 20.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 26 to 22 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.44% or 0.22 to $49.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.60% or 0.30 to hit $49.29 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.70 to trade at $1213.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.00% to 222.450, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 95.48.