Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 9.59% or 1.58 points to trade at 18.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 69.00 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was up 4.38% or 35.00 points to 834.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 4.08% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.76 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 3.85% or 1.44 points to end at 36.00 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 3.70% or 1.00 points to 25.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 37 to 16 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.31% or 0.15 to $47.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.85 to trade at $1228.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.11% to 342.330, while USD/NGN fell 0.39% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 99.14.