Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.09% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.73% or 0.03 points to end at 1.13 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.00% or 0.95 points to 96.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 4.92% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.22 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 1.23% or 0.16 points to end at 12.83 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was down 1.18% or 0.07 points to 5.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 22 to 21 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.04% or 0.33 to $31.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.58% or 0.20 to hit $34.26 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1157.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.18% to 222.190, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 97.10.