Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 4.91% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.66 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 4.04% or 0.04 points to end at 1.03 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.65% or 0.68 points to 106.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which lost 4.47% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.79 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.77% or 0.15 points to end at 3.83 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 3.13% or 20.01 points to 619.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 17 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.18% or 0.51 to $43.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.15% or 0.51 to hit $45.04 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.46% or 18.30 to trade at $1232.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.39% to 224.480, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 95.13.