Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.73% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.98% or 0.95 points to end at 46.30 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.35% or 0.25 points to 18.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which fell 5.00% or 5.20 points to trade at 98.80 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.81% or 1.05 points to end at 20.80 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 4.69% or 0.30 points to 6.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 69 to 33 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.25% or 0.18 to $71.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.19 to hit $79.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1291.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.10% to 424.130, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.