Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Utilities and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 6.00% or 8.35 points to trade at 147.60 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) added 4.23% or 15.00 points to end at 370.00 and S2M (CS:S2M) was up 4.17% or 11.00 points to 275.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hps (CS:HPS), which lost 5.97% or 86.00 points to trade at 1355.00 in late trade. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) declined 5.94% or 9.40 points to end at 148.90 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) shed 5.24% or 7.20 points to 130.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 32 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.01% or 1.53 to $49.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.44% or 1.39 to hit $55.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.42 to trade at $1276.62 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 11.0920, while USD/MAD rose 0.01% to 9.4693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.69.