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 gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.90% or 13.96 points to trade at 288.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 3.23% or 0.50 points to end at 16.00 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 2.82% or 0.48 points to 17.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 3.88% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.990 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.17% or 0.22 points to end at 6.75 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 2.48% or 1.65 points to 64.52.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 22 to 14 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.90% or 1.02 to $52.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.15% or 1.21 to hit $55.03 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.85 to trade at $1186.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.36% to 336.580, while USD/NGN fell 3.86% to 304.750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 100.62.