Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Forestry & Paper and Distributors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 9.67% or 7.85 points to trade at 89.00 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 7.92% or 77 points to end at 1050 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 5.00% or 45 points to 945 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH), which lost 9.94% or 1.56 points to trade at 14.14 in late trade. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) declined 9.93% or 6.95 points to end at 63.05 and Alliances (CS:ADI) shed 8.92% or 7 points to 77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 18 and 2 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.97% or 0.93 to $48.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.06% or 1.15 to hit $57.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.20 to trade at $1287.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.8600, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.5180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 95.672.