Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which rose 8.19% or 5.04 points to trade at 64.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 3.40% or 0.51 points to end at 15.46 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.43% or 0.090 points to 3.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 2.17% or 0.12 points to trade at 5.40 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 1.90% or 0.40 points to end at 20.36 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 1.72% or 0.020 points to 1.140.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 12 and 65 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.20% or 0.09 to $45.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.32% or 0.15 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.70 to trade at $1329.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.59% to 316.650, while USD/NGN fell 0.35% to 281.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 96.62.