Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.09%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper , Mining and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.09%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS: MIC ), which rose 5.96% or 14.90 points to trade at 265.00 at the close. Oulmes (CS: OULM ) added 5.88% or 80 points to end at 1440 and Promopharm S.A. (CS: PRO ) was up 5.85% or 57 points to 1032 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Med Paper (CS: PAP ), which lost 7.48% or 1.74 points to trade at 21.52 in late trade. BMCI (CS: BMCI ) declined 6.82% or 49 points to end at 670 and Managem (CS: MNG ) shed 6.67% or 75 points to 1050.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.40 to hit $67.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.85% or 22.20 to trade at $1221.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.31% to 10.8200, while USD/MAD fell 0.42% to 9.4841.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.36.