Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.98% or 7.30 points to trade at 129.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) added 5.97% or 63 points to end at 1118 and Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) was up 4.70% or 10.10 points to 225.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Snep (CS:SNP), which fell 9.99% or 26.35 points to trade at 237.40 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 9.98% or 4.10 points to end at 36.97 and Timar (CS:TIM) was down 5.80% or 15.95 points to 259.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 24 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.26% or 1.18 to $53.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.38% or 1.29 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.55 to trade at $1205.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 10.7280, while USD/MAD fell 0.25% to 10.0300.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 100.96.