Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 13.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.87% or 0.19 points to end at 6.89 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.75% or 1.98 points to 117.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 3.53% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.820 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.23% or 0.010 points to end at 0.800 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 1.20% or 0.040 points to 3.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 21 to 10 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; falling 3.53% or 0.030 to 0.820.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.43% or 0.23 to $53.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $55.57 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1239.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.12% to 335.270, while USD/NGN fell 0.71% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.87.