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 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE: STR ), which rose 10.00% or 6.73 points to trade at 74.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE: EQD ) added 4.46% or 47.00 points to end at 1,100.00 and Afriquia Gaz (CSE: GAZ ) was up 3.38% or 137.00 points to 4,190.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AFMA SA (CSE: AFM ), which fell 6.68% or 87.00 points to trade at 1,215.00 at the close. Maghreb Oxygene (CSE: MOX ) declined 4.70% or 20.90 points to end at 424.10 and Douja Prom Addoha (CSE: ADH ) was down 4.04% or 1.50 points to 35.62.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 34 to 22 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE: STR ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 10.00% or 6.73 to 74.06.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.51% or 0.31 to $61.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.95% or 64.10 to trade at $3,359.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.43, while USD/MAD fell 0.36% to 9.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 99.18.