Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 10.04% or 0.25 points to trade at 2.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 5.00% or 0.06 points to end at 1.26 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 4.73% or 0.27 points to 5.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 4.74% or 0.22 points to trade at 4.42 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 2.25% or 0.020 points to end at 0.870 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 2.00% or 0.02 points to 0.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 22 to 11 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.17% or 0.82 to $38.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.82% or 0.33 to hit $40.38 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.01% or 12.90 to trade at $1259.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.87% to 219.940, while USD/NGN fell 0.36% to 197.900.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.05.