Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 4.61% or 2.95 points to trade at 67.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.77% or 0.28 points to end at 16.50 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.57% or 0.10 points to 6.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 5.56% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.510 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.74% or 13.97 points to end at 286.17 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 4.59% or 0.050 points to 1.040.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 27 to 14 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.23% or 1.16 to $53.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.29% or 1.24 to hit $55.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.65 to trade at $1206.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 335.390, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 100.99.