Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Real Estate and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.99% or 39 points to trade at 697 at the close. Meanwhile, Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) added 5.88% or 136 points to end at 2445 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 4.51% or 4.75 points to 109.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 6.00% or 19.50 points to trade at 305.50 at the close. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 5.94% or 10.10 points to end at 159.90 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) was down 5.32% or 2.25 points to 40.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Timar (CS:TIM) fell to 5-year lows; down 6.00% or 19.50 to 305.50. Shares in Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.88% or 136 to 2445.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.17 to $41.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $43.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.96% or 12.85 to trade at $1354.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.8850, while USD/MAD fell 0.64% to 9.7556.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.08% at 95.65.