Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.58% or 1.51 points to trade at 34.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.56% or 0.24 points to end at 7.00 and Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) was up 3.17% or 0.10 points to 3.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 4.44% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 4.38% or 6.00 points to end at 130.15 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 3.65% or 0.80 points to 21.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 22 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.65% or 0.80 to 21.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.85% or 0.38 to $44.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.98% or 0.48 to hit $49.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.36% or 3.90 to trade at $1094.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.71% to 217.530, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 97.61.