Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.37% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 3.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.820 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 3.61% or 0.13 points to end at 3.73 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 2.69% or 0.17 points to 6.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.95% or 0.78 points to trade at 14.99 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 3.85% or 0.02 points to end at 0.50 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 14 and 59 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.66% or 0.30 to $45.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.73% or 8.85 to trade at $1208.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 2.38% to 334.900, while USD/NGN rose 0.16% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 101.32.