Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Holding Companies and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 3.42% or 4.70 points to trade at 142.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 2.83% or 2.36 points to end at 85.79 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was up 2.31% or 26 points to 1150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which fell 6.22% or 2.30 points to trade at 34.70 at the close. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) declined 5.98% or 11.65 points to end at 183.25 and Involys (CS:INV) was down 4.33% or 6.45 points to 142.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eqdom (CS:EQDM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.31% or 26 to 1150.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.34% or 0.78 to $58.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.49 to trade at $1287.71 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.53% to 11.2090, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.3861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.