Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI), which rose 6.00% or 138 points to trade at 2439 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) added 5.97% or 20.50 points to end at 364.00 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 4.93% or 1.16 points to 24.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS), which lost 6.12% or 300 points to trade at 4600 in late trade. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 5.99% or 30 points to end at 473 and Timar (CS:TIM) shed 5.98% or 12.70 points to 199.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 24 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.37% or 0.20 to $53.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $55.57 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 1.95 to trade at $1239.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.21% to 10.6990, while USD/MAD rose 0.35% to 10.0784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.