Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 4.91% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 4.04% or 0.04 points to end at 1.03 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.65% or 0.68 points to 106.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which fell 4.47% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.79 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.77% or 0.15 points to end at 3.83 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 3.13% or 20.01 points to 619.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 24 to 17 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.07% or 0.46 to $43.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.08% or 0.48 to hit $45.01 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.46% or 18.30 to trade at $1232.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.39% to 224.480, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 95.13.