Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Distributors and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 10.00% or 11 points to trade at 121 at the close. Meanwhile, Taslif (CS:TSF1) added 5.98% or 2.42 points to end at 42.84 and Microdata (CS:MIC) was up 2.81% or 4.00 points to 146.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colorado (CS:COL), which fell 5.99% or 5.39 points to trade at 84.59 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) declined 5.98% or 1.82 points to end at 28.60 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was down 5.87% or 8.65 points to 138.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.87% or 8.65 to 138.50.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.50% or 0.85 to $55.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $63.76 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.70 to trade at $1202.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.7220, while USD/MAD fell 0.10% to 9.9420.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.76.