Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 7.89% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 4.48% or 0.06 points to end at 1.40 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 3.68% or 0.60 points to 16.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 18.60 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 5.00% or 0.22 points to end at 4.18 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 4.74% or 0.66 points to 13.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 26 to 17 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 18.60. Shares in Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.00% or 0.22 to 4.18.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.66% or 0.27 to $41.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.11 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.03% or 13.75 to trade at $1354.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.92% to 350.580, while USD/NGN rose 2.87% to 322.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.10% at 95.63.