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 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.24% or 0.25 points to trade at 5.95 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 2.25% or 0.50 points to end at 22.39 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 0.65% or 0.04 points to 6.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 4.76% or 7.00 points to trade at 140.01 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 4.60% or 39.99 points to end at 830.00 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 4.40% or 0.07 points to 1.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 19 and 56 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.05% or 0.47 to $44.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 2.09% or 23.30 to trade at $1137.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.13% to 222.180, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 198.975.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 95.73.