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 fell 0.59% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 10.25% or 22.85 points to trade at 245.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 3.16% or 0.19 points to end at 6.25 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.25% or 0.07 points to 5.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which fell 4.28% or 0.76 points to trade at 16.88 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.66% or 0.030 points to end at 0.800 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 3.62% or 0.55 points to 14.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 20 to 15 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.32% or 1.59 to $46.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.18% or 1.56 to hit $47.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.82% or 9.75 to trade at $1179.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.04% to 333.200, while USD/NGN fell 0.79% to 314.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 101.54.