Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Chemicals and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL), which rose 8.30% or 3.74 points to trade at 48.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 4.17% or 1.00 points to end at 25.00 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 3.92% or 40 points to 1060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH), which fell 9.99% or 3.41 points to trade at 30.74 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 6.90% or 37.90 points to end at 511.00 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was down 4.61% or 4.14 points to 85.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.99% or 3.41 to 30.74. Shares in Salafin (CS:SLF) rose to all time highs; rising 3.92% or 40 to 1060.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.79% or 0.51 to $64.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1325.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 11.3270, while USD/MAD fell 0.03% to 9.2050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.