Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.76% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CSE:ADI), which rose 5.05% or 17.60 points to trade at 366.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) added 4.85% or 25.00 points to end at 540.00 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) was up 4.55% or 5.00 points to 115.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salafin (CSE:SLF), which fell 4.39% or 25.00 points to trade at 544.00 at the close. Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) declined 3.31% or 48.00 points to end at 1,400.00 and Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD) was down 3.31% or 36.00 points to 1,051.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 34 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CSE:ADI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.05% or 17.60 to 366.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.61% or 0.42 to $68.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.58% or 0.42 to hit $72.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.30 to trade at $2,578.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.27% to 10.55, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.04% to 9.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 106.75.