Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Real Estate and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Timar (CS:TIM), which rose 10.00% or 20.00 points to trade at 220.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Alliances (CS:ADI) added 4.78% or 8 points to end at 168 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 4.31% or 1.84 points to 44.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oulmes (CS:OULM), which fell 5.08% or 91 points to trade at 1700 at the close. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 3.84% or 23.80 points to end at 595.20 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was down 3.16% or 49 points to 1501.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 15 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.22% or 0.15 to $68.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 9.50 to trade at $1339.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.19% to 11.3070, while USD/MAD rose 0.26% to 9.2020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.01.