Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Holding Companies and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.95% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which rose 5.99% or 9.10 points to trade at 161.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) added 2.99% or 81 points to end at 2791 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 2.82% or 18.00 points to 656.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CS:SMI), which fell 5.98% or 174 points to trade at 2736 at the close. Sonasid (CS:SOND) declined 4.98% or 27 points to end at 513 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was down 4.82% or 53 points to 1047.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMI (CS:SMI) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.98% or 174 to 2736.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.11% or 0.78 to $71.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.30% or 0.97 to hit $75.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.20 to trade at $1242.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 11.0580, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.4753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.57.