Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Beverage and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 3.36% or 1.60 points to trade at 49.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Snep (CS:SNP) added 3.13% or 2.47 points to end at 81.50 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) was up 2.97% or 1.37 points to 47.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which fell 4.59% or 50 points to trade at 1040 at the close. Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) declined 4.54% or 26 points to end at 551 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was down 2.08% or 5.00 points to 235.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.54% or 26 to 551.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.38% or 0.18 to $47.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.71 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1328.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 10.9130, while USD/MAD rose 0.27% to 9.7176.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.17.