Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 2.90% or 0.180 points to trade at 6.380 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 2.90% or 7.90 points to end at 280.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.81% or 0.14 points to 5.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 9.74% or 3.98 points to trade at 36.87 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 4.96% or 3.55 points to end at 67.95 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 4.62% or 0.060 points to 1.240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 54 to 31 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.85% or 0.83 to $45.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.72% or 0.82 to hit $48.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.07 to trade at $1242.73 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.19% to 358.900, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 350.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.47.