Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 6.52% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.90% or 0.050 points to end at 1.070 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 4.88% or 0.060 points to 1.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which fell 4.45% or 4.90 points to trade at 105.10 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 4.40% or 0.55 points to end at 12.20 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 4.38% or 0.550 points to 12.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 56 to 35 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.06% or 1.87 to $59.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.84% or 1.84 to hit $62.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1320.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.06% to 441.290, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 90.36.