Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Distributors and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which rose 6.00% or 1.62 points to trade at 28.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) added 5.99% or 24.55 points to end at 434.55 and CDM (CS:CDM) was up 5.78% or 32 points to 586 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which fell 2.67% or 7.95 points to trade at 290.10 at the close. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 2.10% or 43.00 points to end at 2000.00 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 1.76% or 4 points to 223.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 16 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.99% or 24.55 to 434.55.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.80% or 0.49 to $61.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.24% or 0.80 to hit $65.13 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1355.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.17% to 11.3820, while USD/MAD rose 0.33% to 9.1448.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 88.89.