Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Utilities and Real Estate 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 S2M (CS:S2M), which rose 6.11% or 16.50 points to trade at 286.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 5.64% or 3.90 points to end at 73.00 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 4.24% or 7.00 points to 172.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 6.54% or 8.75 points to trade at 125.10 at the close. Oulmes (CS:OULM) declined 5.17% or 93 points to end at 1707 and Involys (CS:INV) was down 5.13% or 7.85 points to 145.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.57% or 0.27 to $47.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.99 to trade at $1297.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.51% to 11.1800, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.4135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 92.62.