Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Beverage sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE), which rose 6.86% or 14.00 points to trade at 218.00 at the close. Oulmes (CS:OULM) added 5.63% or 93 points to end at 1745 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 5.56% or 7.00 points to 133.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 6.52% or 6.00 points to trade at 86.00 in late trade. Timar (CS:TIM) declined 5.94% or 13.95 points to end at 221.00 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) shed 5.57% or 126 points to 2136.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 22 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.45% or 0.65 to $45.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.32% or 0.63 to hit $48.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.34 to trade at $1243.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 11.0110, while USD/MAD rose 0.16% to 9.6491.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.45.