Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.28% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.79% or 0.13 points to trade at 4.77 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 0.86% or 7.00 points to end at 817.00 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 0.72% or 0.01 points to 1.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which lost 4.59% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.87 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.53% or 0.09 points to end at 2.55 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) shed 2.82% or 0.62 points to 21.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 10 and 64 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.12% or 0.05 to $41.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.69% or 0.30 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.50 to trade at $1076.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 212.610, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 199.110.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 99.61.