Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Utilities and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 6.29% or 10.00 points to trade at 169.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) added 5.17% or 9.40 points to end at 191.10 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 5.08% or 30.00 points to 620.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were S2M (CS:S2M), which fell 5.98% or 18.50 points to trade at 291.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) declined 4.92% or 0.94 points to end at 18.16 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was down 3.69% or 1.76 points to 46.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 22 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) rose to all time highs; up 5.17% or 9.40 to 191.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.83% or 1.16 to $62.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.33% or 0.91 to hit $67.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.30 to trade at $1334.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 11.3160, while USD/MAD fell 0.22% to 9.2190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.85.