Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverage, Food Producers & Processors and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which rose 9.86% or 138 points to trade at 1538 at the close. Meanwhile, CDM (CS:CDM) added 5.47% or 28 points to end at 540 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) was up 4.09% or 110 points to 2800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 5.98% or 12.85 points to trade at 202.15 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) declined 4.92% or 0.88 points to end at 17.00 and SMI (CS:SMI) was down 4.35% or 80 points to 1760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMI (CS:SMI) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.35% or 80 to 1760.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.68% or 1.17 to $68.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.79% or 0.59 to hit $73.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1224.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.04% to 11.0350, while USD/MAD fell 0.07% to 9.4671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.45.