Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 5.99% or 5.12 points to trade at 90.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Timar (CS:TIM) added 3.75% or 15.00 points to end at 400.00 and S2M (CS:S2M) was up 3.53% or 6.90 points to 201.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dari Couspate (CS:DARI), which fell 6.00% or 63 points to trade at 992 at the close. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 5.99% or 31 points to end at 490 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 5.14% or 3 points to 55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 17 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in CDM (CS:CDM) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.99% or 31 to 490. Shares in S2M (CS:S2M) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.53% or 6.90 to 201.90.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.52% or 0.25 to $48.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.31% or 0.72 to hit $54.55 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.84% or 9.20 to trade at $1084.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.01% to 10.7960, while USD/MAD rose 0.05% to 9.8343.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 97.38.