Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Real Estate and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 6.00% or 2 points to trade at 29 at the close. Meanwhile, Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) added 5.67% or 7.95 points to end at 147.95 and CIH (CS:CIH) was up 4.72% or 13.00 points to 288.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colorado (CS:COL), which fell 5.11% or 3.72 points to trade at 69.00 at the close. Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) declined 2.81% or 35 points to end at 1210 and Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) was down 2.32% or 50 points to 2100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 7 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.40% or 0.20 to $49.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.82% or 0.43 to hit $52.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.16% or 13.30 to trade at $1157.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.32% to 10.9500, while USD/MAD fell 0.49% to 9.6337.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 94.89.