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 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 4.89% or 0.81 points to trade at 17.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 4.83% or 0.58 points to end at 12.60 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.00% or 0.06 points to 6.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which fell 2.98% or 3.99 points to trade at 130.00 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 2.43% or 0.60 points to end at 24.05 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 2.38% or 0.020 points to 0.820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 19 to 12 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; down 2.38% or 0.020 to 0.820.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.83% or 0.45 to $54.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.90% or 0.51 to hit $56.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.35% to 324.350, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.