Source- Investing.com
Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.70% or 0.10 points to trade at 5.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 1.61% or 0.10 points to end at 6.30 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.56% or 0.25 points to 16.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which fell 7.11% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.09 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 0.76% or 0.05 points to end at 6.55 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was down 0.74% or 1.05 points to 140.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 15 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.69% or 0.34 to $49.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.21% or 13.80 to trade at $1158.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.64% to 226.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.11% to 198.950.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 94.87.
