Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Mining and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.90% or 32 points to trade at 574 at the close. Meanwhile, Managem (CS:MNG) added 3.73% or 27 points to end at 750 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was up 3.55% or 4.80 points to 140.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU), which fell 5.04% or 48 points to trade at 902 at the close. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 3.60% or 6.35 points to end at 170.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was down 2.69% or 0.59 points to 21.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.62% or 1.13 to $44.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.75% or 1.25 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.64% or 8.45 to trade at $1325.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.15% to 10.8850, while USD/MAD rose 0.23% to 9.7570.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.82.