Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Utilities and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which rose 7.51% or 104 points to trade at 1489 at the close. Meanwhile, Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) added 5.99% or 161 points to end at 2849 and Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) was up 5.96% or 155 points to 2755 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU), which fell 4.29% or 54 points to trade at 1206 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 3.43% or 19.90 points to end at 561.10 and Label Vie (CS:LBV) was down 3.06% or 48 points to 1520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 20 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.78% or 1.31 to $48.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.04% or 1.55 to hit $52.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.28 to trade at $1292.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 11.1350, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.4780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.43.