Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Distributors, Insurance and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 5.93% or 5.70 points to trade at 101.90 at the close. Managem (CSE:MNG) added 3.46% or 77.00 points to end at 2,300.00 and Risma (CSE:RIS) was up 3.36% or 7.80 points to 239.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI), which lost 5.78% or 36.40 points to trade at 594.00 in late trade. Label Vie (CSE:LBV) declined 5.37% or 235.00 points to end at 4,145.00 and Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) shed 5.35% or 1.87 points to 33.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 26 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.33% or 0.25 to $75.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $79.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.47% or 59.00 to trade at $2,331.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 10.75, while USD/MAD rose 0.38% to 9.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 104.85.