Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Real Estate and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.99% or 39 points to trade at 697 at the close. Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) added 5.88% or 136 points to end at 2445 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 4.51% or 4.75 points to 109.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 6.00% or 19.50 points to trade at 305.50 in late trade. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 5.94% or 10.10 points to end at 159.90 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) shed 5.32% or 2.25 points to 40.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.46% or 0.19 to $41.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.96% or 12.85 to trade at $1354.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.8850, while USD/MAD fell 0.64% to 9.7556.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.08% at 95.65.