Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 2.91% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.29% or 0.55 points to trade at 10.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.74% or 0.090 points to end at 1.980 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.51% or 0.060 points to 1.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which fell 5.00% or 5.00 points to trade at 95.00 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.86% or 10.30 points to end at 202.60 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.81% or 1.05 points to 20.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 73 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.86% or 10.30 to 202.60.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.88% or 0.59 to $66.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.54% or 0.42 to hit $77.14 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.30 to trade at $1294.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.26% to 421.550, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.12.