Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Mining and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which rose 5.96% or 14.90 points to trade at 265.00 at the close. Oulmes (CS:OULM) added 5.88% or 80 points to end at 1440 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 5.85% or 57 points to 1032 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CS:PAP), which lost 7.48% or 1.74 points to trade at 21.52 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 6.82% or 49 points to end at 670 and Managem (CS:MNG) shed 6.67% or 75 points to 1050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.40 to hit $67.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.85% or 22.20 to trade at $1221.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.31% to 10.8200, while USD/MAD fell 0.42% to 9.4841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.36.