Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Banking and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which rose 9.85% or 2.89 points to trade at 32.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) added 4.58% or 29.80 points to end at 679.80 and Disway SA (CSE:DWY) was up 3.87% or 26.00 points to 698.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO), which fell 4.10% or 1.99 points to trade at 46.50 at the close. Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD) declined 2.97% or 33.00 points to end at 1,077.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) was down 2.22% or 30.00 points to 1,320.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.64% or 0.53 to $83.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.39% or 0.33 to hit $85.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 4.85 to trade at $2,417.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.01% to 10.69, while USD/MAD fell 0.26% to 9.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.76.