Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.15% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.98% or 21 points to trade at 233 at the close. Meanwhile, Afric Industries Sa (CS:AFIND) added 6.00% or 16.25 points to end at 287.25 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was up 4.89% or 13.00 points to 279.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which fell 9.97% or 176 points to trade at 1589 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 5.33% or 1.54 points to end at 27.35 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 2.32% or 6.90 points to 290.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.79% or 1.68 to $61.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.63% or 1.67 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.60 to trade at $1325.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.3250, while USD/MAD fell 0.15% to 9.1894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.97.