Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food Producers & Processors and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Disway SA (CS:DWY), which rose 7.04% or 25.00 points to trade at 380.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Oulmes (CS:OULM) added 5.98% or 90 points to end at 1595 and Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) was up 5.96% or 161 points to 2861 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Risma (CS:RIS), which fell 5.66% or 6.20 points to trade at 103.30 at the close. Eqdom (CS:EQDM) declined 5.52% or 61 points to end at 1045 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) was down 4.43% or 6.55 points to 141.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.96% or 161 to 2861.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.93% or 0.48 to $52.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.64% or 0.35 to hit $55.24 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.20 to trade at $1259.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.15% to 10.6950, while USD/MAD rose 0.25% to 10.0895.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 101.03.