Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Insurance and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.96% or 2.41 points to trade at 26.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 7.50% or 6.00 points to end at 86.00 and Managem (CS:MNG) was up 2.65% or 45 points to 1745 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 4.33% or 9.95 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) declined 4.00% or 15.00 points to end at 360.00 and Hps (CS:HPS) was down 2.18% or 36.00 points to 1616.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 20 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Colorado (CS:COL) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.50% or 6.00 to 86.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.36% or 1.30 to $56.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.02% or 1.24 to hit $62.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.00% or 12.76 to trade at $1290.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.07% to 11.1140, while USD/MAD fell 0.17% to 9.4212.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 93.58.