Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 5.00% or 0.71 points to trade at 14.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.84% or 0.13 points to end at 4.70 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 2.49% or 6.90 points to 290.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 5.00% or 0.75 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 4.99% or 1.23 points to end at 23.43 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 4.99% or 4.43 points to 84.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 17 to 17 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.00% or 0.75 to 14.25.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $52.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $55.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.31% or 3.45 to trade at $1134.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.41% to 329.730, while USD/NGN fell 0.87% to 314.250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 103.02.