Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 2.03% or 0.13 points to trade at 6.52 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.10% or 0.25 points to end at 23.05 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.94% or 0.15 points to 16.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 7.78% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.860 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 4.96% or 0.07 points to end at 1.34 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 4.57% or 0.16 points to 3.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 22 and 52 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.95% or 0.40 to $42.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.72% or 0.35 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.30 to trade at $1113.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.58% to 222.460, while USD/NGN rose 0.55% to 200.145.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 96.61.