Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.19% or 0.57 points to trade at 11.55 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 2.89% or 0.070 points to end at 2.490 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was up 2.84% or 40.01 points to 1450.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which lost 5.32% or 0.64 points to trade at 11.51 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 5.26% or 0.080 points to end at 1.440 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 4.98% or 2.18 points to 41.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 37 to 35 and 21 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.27% or 0.72 to $57.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.72% or 1.07 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1249.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.42% to 422.570, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.92.