Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 5.00% or 0.65 points to trade at 13.65 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.84% or 0.06 points to end at 1.30 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 4.61% or 0.21 points to 4.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 9.70% or 2.28 points to trade at 21.25 in late trade. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 3.77% or 0.09 points to end at 2.30 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 2.64% or 0.10 points to 3.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 23 and 40 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.14% or 0.89 to $40.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.28% or 0.56 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.10 to trade at $1235.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.28% to 224.410, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 94.53.