Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.01% or 0.19 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.76% or 0.15 points to end at 3.30 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.35% or 0.05 points to 1.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.770 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was down 4.74% or 0.11 points to 2.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 24 to 20 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.63% or 1.39 to $36.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.87% or 1.56 to hit $38.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.15% or 14.20 to trade at $1221.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.18% to 227.110, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.59.