Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Holding Companies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.16% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 4.29% or 21.00 points to trade at 510.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) added 3.13% or 2.50 points to end at 82.50 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 1.38% or 20 points to 1470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which fell 5.74% or 1.26 points to trade at 20.70 at the close. Atlanta (CS:ATL) declined 5.09% or 3.14 points to end at 58.56 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 3.36% or 3 points to 86.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CS:ADI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.36% or 3 to 86.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.05% or 0.67 to $63.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1233.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.17% to 10.8370, while USD/MAD rose 0.07% to 9.5219.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.34.