Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 7.09% or 2.35 points to trade at 32.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 6.09 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 20.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which fell 5.54% or 0.200 points to trade at 3.410 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 5.00% or 0.25 points to end at 4.79 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was down 3.14% or 3.89 points to 123.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 18 to 15 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 20.47.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.70% or 1.37 to $49.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.42% or 1.28 to hit $51.71 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1288.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.58% to 336.810, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.83.