Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Distributors and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Managem (CS:MNG), which rose 5.99% or 43 points to trade at 762 at the close. Meanwhile, Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) added 5.96% or 120 points to end at 2133 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 5.74% or 5.70 points to 104.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS), which fell 2.93% or 106 points to trade at 3500 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) declined 2.07% or 1.10 points to end at 52.00 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was down 2.04% or 5.50 points to 263.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 4.61% or 2.31 to $47.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 4.64% or 2.36 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 4.49% or 56.75 to trade at $1319.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.73% to 10.8920, while USD/MAD rose 1.46% to 9.7745.
The US Dollar Index was up 2.12% at 95.31.