Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 2.91% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.29% or 0.55 points to trade at 10.90 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.74% or 0.090 points to end at 1.980 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.51% or 0.060 points to 1.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 5.00% or 5.00 points to trade at 95.00 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.86% or 10.30 points to end at 202.60 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 4.81% or 1.05 points to 20.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.85% or 0.57 to $66.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.41 to hit $77.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.30 to trade at $1294.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.26% to 421.550, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.13.