Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 4.29% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) added 3.85% or 0.10 points to end at 2.60 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 2.08% or 0.50 points to 24.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.21% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.16 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.70% or 0.11 points to end at 2.86 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 3.06% or 0.030 points to 0.940.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 24 to 23 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.76% or 0.80 to $44.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.50 to trade at $1162.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.82% to 220.990, while USD/NGN rose 0.08% to 199.200.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 97.08.