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 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.19% or 0.57 points to trade at 11.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 2.89% or 0.070 points to end at 2.490 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was up 2.84% or 40.01 points to 1450.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which fell 5.32% or 0.64 points to trade at 11.51 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 5.26% or 0.080 points to end at 1.440 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was down 4.98% or 2.18 points to 41.61.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 37 to 35 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) rose to 3-years highs; rising 5.19% or 0.57 to 11.55. Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.89% or 0.070 to 2.490. Shares in Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.84% or 40.01 to 1450.09.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.32% or 0.75 to $57.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.75% or 1.09 to hit $63.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1249.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.42% to 422.570, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.92.