Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Holding Companies and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.99% or 12.20 points to trade at 215.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) added 5.89% or 6.65 points to end at 119.45 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 5.75% or 0.93 points to 17.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centrale Laitiere (CS:LAIT), which fell 5.90% or 65 points to trade at 1036 at the close. Microdata (CS:MIC) declined 3.58% or 5.30 points to end at 142.60 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) was down 3.12% or 2.00 points to 62.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 18 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.37% or 0.83 to $59.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.28% or 0.83 to hit $64.28 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1180.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.38% to 10.9290, while USD/MAD rose 0.25% to 9.6946.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.82.