Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 2.03% or 0.13 points to trade at 6.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.10% or 0.25 points to end at 23.05 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.94% or 0.15 points to 16.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 7.78% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.860 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 4.96% or 0.07 points to end at 1.34 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 4.57% or 0.16 points to 3.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 22 to 22 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.78% or 0.070 to 0.860. Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.57% or 0.16 to 3.34.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.97% or 0.41 to $42.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.72% or 0.35 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.30 to trade at $1113.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.58% to 222.460, while USD/NGN rose 0.55% to 200.145.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 96.60.