Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 9.00% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 5.00% or 1.90 points to end at 38.51 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.56% or 3.00 points to 119.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 4.65% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.67 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 4.17% or 0.040 points to end at 0.960 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 3.27% or 0.08 points to 2.37.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 22 to 16 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) fell to all time lows; falling 4.65% or 0.08 to 1.67.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.49% or 1.07 to $41.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.26% or 0.57 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.23% or 13.20 to trade at $1056.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.58% to 210.010, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 100.09.