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 rose 2.56% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.78% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 9.32% or 0.11 points to end at 1.29 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 8.30% or 0.37 points to 4.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 3.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.760 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 2.52% or 3.05 points to end at 117.96 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 35.51.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 50 to 10 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.03% or 0.48 to $46.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.52% or 0.25 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.24% or 3.00 to trade at $1274.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.35% to 225.950, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 94.67.