Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.60% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI), which rose 5.99% or 214 points to trade at 3786 at the close. Meanwhile, Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 3.64% or 6.15 points to end at 175.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) was up 3.62% or 32.80 points to 939.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which fell 5.17% or 1.32 points to trade at 24.21 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 4.76% or 20.00 points to end at 400.00 and Involys (CS:INV) was down 3.39% or 4.40 points to 125.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) rose to all time highs; up 5.99% or 214 to 3786. Shares in Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.64% or 6.15 to 175.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.97% or 0.60 to $61.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.60% or 0.41 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1322.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.2400, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.3364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 91.72.