Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.69%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Holding Companies , Chemicals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.69%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Oulmes (CS: OULM ), which rose 5.95% or 81 points to trade at 1443 at the close. Alliances (CS: ADI ) added 5.65% or 4 points to end at 83 and Lydec (CS: LYD ) was up 4.00% or 20.00 points to 520.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS: FBR ), which lost 5.63% or 4.84 points to trade at 81.16 in late trade. SMI (CS: SMI ) declined 5.63% or 94 points to end at 1575 and Delta Holding S.A (CS: DHO ) shed 5.55% or 1.82 points to 30.96.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.35% or 2.24 to $53.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.56% or 2.74 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.30 to trade at $1250.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.8080, while USD/MAD fell 0.06% to 9.4864.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.662.