Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Software & Computer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.26% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 9.97% or 2.42 points to trade at 26.70 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) added 5.69% or 12.00 points to end at 223.00 and Aluminum mar 1l (CS:ALU) was up 5.52% or 89 points to 1700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Disway SA (CS:DWY), which lost 9.99% or 35.95 points to trade at 324.05 in late trade. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) declined 9.05% or 3.43 points to end at 34.45 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) shed 4.65% or 190 points to 3900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 17 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.46% or 0.31 to $67.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $77.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.10 to trade at $1235.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.8580, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.5367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.21.