Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 5.35% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 3.84% or 9.99 points to end at 269.99 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 3.39% or 0.020 points to 0.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 3.51% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.550 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.27% or 0.140 points to end at 6.040 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 2.23% or 0.48 points to 21.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 41 to 37 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.89% or 0.41 to $46.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.89% or 0.43 to hit $48.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 10.25 to trade at $1227.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.39% to 359.820, while USD/NGN fell 9.94% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 94.99.