Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 2.56% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.35% or 0.31 points to end at 23.30 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 0.36% or 0.09 points to 25.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 3.33% or 1.00 points to trade at 28.72 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 3.10% or 0.09 points to end at 2.81 and Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) shed 3.03% or 0.10 points to 3.23.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 34 to 19 and 42 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.03% or 0.50 to $47.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.55% or 0.85 to hit $54.41 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.90% or 9.90 to trade at $1084.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.26% to 218.210, while USD/NGN rose 0.17% to 199.260.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.42.