Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA), which rose 8.25% or 376.00 points to trade at 4,934.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) added 5.72% or 25.95 points to end at 479.95 and Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI) was up 4.83% or 29.00 points to 630.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CSE:SMI), which fell 9.99% or 734.00 points to trade at 6,616.00 at the close. Miniere Touissit (CSE:CMT) declined 9.97% or 285.00 points to end at 2,575.00 and Managem (CSE:MNG) was down 5.16% or 449.00 points to 8,251.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 44 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.40% or 0.26 to $65.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $69.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 6.12% or 327.51 to trade at $5,027.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.18% to 10.84, while USD/MAD rose 0.64% to 9.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 96.61.






























