Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverage, Pharmaceutical Industry and Distributors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Colorado (CS:COL), which rose 9.97% or 7.37 points to trade at 81.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) added 6.67% or 110 points to end at 1760 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was up 5.97% or 8.05 points to 143.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which fell 4.04% or 2.19 points to trade at 52.00 at the close. Disway SA (CS:DWY) declined 2.56% or 11.00 points to end at 419.00 and S2M (CS:S2M) was down 1.77% or 5.05 points to 279.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 39 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Colorado (CS:COL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.97% or 7.37 to 81.27. Shares in Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.67% or 110 to 1760.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.44% or 0.25 to $56.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.90 to trade at $1276.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 11.0630, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.4887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.31.