Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 8.24% or 2.20 points to trade at 28.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) added 5.93% or 5.77 points to end at 103.05 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 4.12% or 6.80 points to 171.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 3.54% or 4 points to trade at 108 at the close. Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) declined 3.13% or 50 points to end at 1550 and Colorado (CS:COL) was down 2.56% or 2.00 points to 76.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.40 to trade at $1215.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.9890, while USD/MAD fell 0.00% to 9.4792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.96.