Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Oulmes (CS:OULM), which rose 5.95% or 81 points to trade at 1443 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) added 5.65% or 4 points to end at 83 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 4.00% or 20.00 points to 520.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 5.63% or 4.84 points to trade at 81.16 in late trade. SMI (CS:SMI) declined 5.63% or 94 points to end at 1575 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) shed 5.55% or 1.82 points to 30.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.35% or 2.24 to $53.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.56% or 2.74 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.30 to trade at $1250.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.8080, while USD/MAD fell 0.06% to 9.4864.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.662.