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 2.52% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 5.01% or 7.10 points to trade at 148.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.52% or 0.190 points to end at 4.390 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 4.40% or 0.91 points to 21.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 4.17% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.14 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.55% or 0.050 points to end at 1.400 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 1.19% or 0.010 points to 0.830.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 33 to 16 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.60% or 1.20 to $47.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.05% or 1.44 to hit $48.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.75 to trade at $1293.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.40% to 224.290, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.37.