Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Distributors and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which rose 6.60% or 99 points to trade at 1599 at the close. Meanwhile, Involys (CS:INV) added 5.47% or 6.95 points to end at 133.95 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 5.43% or 5.00 points to 97.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which fell 4.13% or 5.00 points to trade at 116.00 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 3.55% or 1.06 points to end at 28.83 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was down 3.23% or 3.00 points to 90.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 20 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.13% or 5.00 to 116.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.52% or 0.98 to $65.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.34% or 0.92 to hit $69.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.56% or 20.70 to trade at $1348.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.21% to 11.3320, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.1674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.