Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Invest Companies & Other Finance, Food Producers & Processors and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 6.03% or 6 points to trade at 100 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) added 4.27% or 2.99 points to end at 72.99 and Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) was up 3.46% or 97 points to 2900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salafin (CS:SLF), which lost 8.57% or 90 points to trade at 960 in late trade. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) declined 7.41% or 25.65 points to end at 320.35 and SMI (CS:SMI) shed 5.63% or 90 points to 1510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 16 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.37% or 0.96 to $71.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.27 to hit $78.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 8.80 to trade at $1202.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 10.9980, while USD/MAD rose 0.13% to 9.3570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.83.