Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 6.52% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.950 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.90% or 0.050 points to end at 1.070 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 4.88% or 0.060 points to 1.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 4.45% or 4.90 points to trade at 105.10 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 4.40% or 0.55 points to end at 12.20 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 4.38% or 0.550 points to 12.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 35 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.03% or 1.85 to $59.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.84% or 1.84 to hit $62.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1320.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.06% to 441.290, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 90.37.