Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Distributors, Construction & Building Materials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.18% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Hall (CS:AUTO), which rose 6.50% or 6.70 points to trade at 109.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 3.88% or 1.90 points to end at 50.90 and Attijariwafa Bank (CS:ATW) was up 3.71% or 14.00 points to 391.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CDM (CS:CDM), which fell 5.34% or 26 points to trade at 460 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 4.30% or 0.82 points to end at 18.23 and S2M (CS:S2M) was down 2.82% or 5.45 points to 188.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Attijariwafa Bank (CS:ATW) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.71% or 14.00 to 391.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.87% or 0.93 to $48.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.29% or 0.65 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.75% or 9.50 to trade at $1279.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.44% to 10.8330, while USD/MAD fell 0.23% to 9.8739.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 98.43.