Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.58% or 1.51 points to trade at 34.50 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.56% or 0.24 points to end at 7.00 and Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) was up 3.17% or 0.10 points to 3.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 4.44% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 4.38% or 6.00 points to end at 130.15 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 3.65% or 0.80 points to 21.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 22 and 53 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.96% or 0.43 to $44.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.08% or 0.54 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.34% or 3.70 to trade at $1093.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.71% to 217.530, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 97.61.