Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 8.64% or 2.50 points to trade at 31.44 at the close. Meanwhile, SMI (CS:SMI) added 5.50% or 198 points to end at 3798 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) was up 2.88% or 54.0 points to 1930.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which fell 9.99% or 78 points to trade at 707 at the close. Taslif (CS:TSF1) declined 3.77% or 1.00 points to end at 25.50 and CTM (CS:CTM) was down 2.33% or 20.30 points to 851.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMI (CS:SMI) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 5.50% or 198 to 3798.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.72% or 1.05 to $62.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.41% or 0.92 to hit $66.04 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.90 to trade at $1312.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 11.2960, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 9.1916.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 90.23.