Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverage, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Lydec (CS:LYD), which rose 9.52% or 50.00 points to trade at 575.00 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) added 7.38% or 4.80 points to end at 69.80 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 5.90% or 6.20 points to 111.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which lost 5.97% or 8.65 points to trade at 136.35 in late trade. Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) declined 5.67% or 170 points to end at 2830 and Maghrebail (CS:MAB) shed 4.63% or 44 points to 906.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 23 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.40% or 0.28 to $69.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.29% or 0.23 to hit $77.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1205.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.35% to 10.9410, while USD/MAD rose 0.31% to 9.4395.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 95.11.