Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Insurance and Holding Companies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which rose 7.02% or 8.00 points to trade at 122.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 4.24% or 2.99 points to end at 73.49 and Oulmes (CS:OULM) was up 4.00% or 50 points to 1300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 8.00% or 10.00 points to trade at 115.00 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 6.54% or 300 points to end at 4290 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was down 6.06% or 1.72 points to 26.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 24 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) fell to 5-year lows; down 8.00% or 10.00 to 115.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.06% or 0.71 to $67.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.77 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1218.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.43% to 10.8840, while USD/MAD rose 0.68% to 9.5456.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.87% at 96.29.