Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 5.00% or 0.71 points to trade at 14.92 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.84% or 0.13 points to end at 4.70 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 2.49% or 6.90 points to 290.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 5.00% or 0.75 points to trade at 14.25 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 4.99% or 1.23 points to end at 23.43 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) shed 4.99% or 4.43 points to 84.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 17 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $52.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $55.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.31% or 3.45 to trade at $1134.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.41% to 329.730, while USD/NGN fell 0.87% to 314.250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 103.02.