Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Mining and Distributors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.74% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 1.70% or 2 points to trade at 90 at the close. Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) added 0.56% or 16 points to end at 2871 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 0.43% or 5 points to 1165 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which lost 9.94% or 163 points to trade at 1477 in late trade. Involys (CS:INV) declined 9.65% or 11.55 points to end at 108.15 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) shed 9.59% or 140 points to 1320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 44 to 4 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.53% or 0.36 to $67.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $76.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.20 to trade at $1201.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.31% to 10.9220, while USD/MAD rose 0.31% to 9.4485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 95.36.