Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Distributors and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 5.98% or 11.85 points to trade at 209.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Label Vie (CS:LBV) added 5.97% or 60 points to end at 1065 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 5.94% or 7.55 points to 134.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which fell 5.98% or 12.75 points to trade at 200.35 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 5.94% or 66 points to end at 1044 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was down 3.84% or 30 points to 750.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 13 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) fell to all time lows; down 5.98% or 12.75 to 200.35. Shares in Sonasid (CS:SOND) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.84% or 30 to 750.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.35% or 1.93 to $59.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.40% or 2.12 to hit $64.70 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1190.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.38% to 10.8040, while USD/MAD fell 0.26% to 9.8044.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 96.95.