Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Utilities and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Aluminum mar 1l (CS:ALU), which rose 5.99% or 55 points to trade at 980 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) added 4.10% or 2 points to end at 64 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was up 3.23% or 11 points to 350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI), which lost 5.64% or 119 points to trade at 1990 in late trade. CIH (CS:CIH) declined 3.89% or 11.00 points to end at 272.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 3.27% or 7.95 points to 235.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 13 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.14% or 0.94 to $42.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.74% or 0.81 to hit $45.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.48% or 6.35 to trade at $1311.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.32% to 10.8850, while USD/MAD rose 0.50% to 9.7557.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 95.99.