Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.78% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which rose 5.85% or 1.20 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Maghrebail (CS:MAB) added 5.71% or 37 points to end at 686 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 5.70% or 3 points to 60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Managem (CS:MNG), which fell 4.95% or 28 points to trade at 537 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 3.13% or 2.49 points to end at 77.00 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was down 2.91% or 11 points to 366.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 7 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $40.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $41.31 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.06% or 13.40 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.9280, while USD/MAD rose 0.33% to 9.6955.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.07.