Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Distributors, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.35%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI), which fell 5.78% or 36.40 points to trade at 594.00 at the close. 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) was down 5.35% or 1.87 points to 33.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 26 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.32% or 0.24 to $75.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 2.48% or 59.35 to trade at $2,331.55 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 0.75% at 104.84.