Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Invest Companies & Other Finance and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.17% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 10.00% or 25.65 points to trade at 282.20 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:S2M) added 5.41% or 10.00 points to end at 195.00 and Salafin (CSE:SLF) was up 3.55% or 19.90 points to 579.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Risma (CSE:RIS), which fell 2.42% or 5.95 points to trade at 240.00 at the close. Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) declined 2.34% or 1.25 points to end at 52.20 and Immorente Invest SCA (CSE:IMO) was down 2.02% or 1.88 points to 91.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 23 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.00% or 25.65 to 282.20. Shares in Immorente Invest SCA (CSE:IMO) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.02% or 1.88 to 91.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.46% or 2.64 to $73.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.09% or 2.46 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 25.60 to trade at $2,455.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.32% to 10.69, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.00% to 9.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.20% at 102.95.