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 added 0.48% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.77% or 0.17 points to trade at 1.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 6.36% or 0.07 points to end at 1.17 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 5.19% or 0.19 points to 3.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which fell 3.67% or 0.77 points to trade at 20.20 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.13% or 0.04 points to end at 1.24 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was down 2.04% or 0.10 points to 4.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 18 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.45% or 0.22 to $48.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1252.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.17% to 223.390, while USD/NGN rose 0.04% to 199.235.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.39.