Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.28% or 0.14 points to trade at 6.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.86% or 0.27 points to end at 14.75 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.74% or 0.060 points to 3.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 4.92% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.22 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 1.54% or 0.26 points to end at 16.75 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 0.12% or 1.00 points to 797.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 16 to 13 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.28% or 0.14 to 6.28.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.63% or 0.34 to $54.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.66% or 7.85 to trade at $1173.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.40% to 322.350, while USD/NGN rose 0.56% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 102.04.