Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Insurance and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Label Vie (CS:LBV), which rose 7.35% or 150 points to trade at 2190 at the close. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) added 6.08% or 2.39 points to end at 41.69 and Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1) was up 5.96% or 120 points to 2134 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BMCI (CS:BMCI), which lost 9.99% or 76 points to trade at 686 in late trade. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 8.25% or 125 points to end at 1390 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) shed 7.76% or 8.13 points to 96.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.08% or 0.79 to $73.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $77.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1256.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.15% to 11.0820, while USD/MAD fell 0.29% to 9.4382.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 93.75.