Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Building Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Involys (CS:INV), which rose 6.80% or 8.40 points to trade at 131.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Unimer (CS:UMR) added 5.72% or 9.35 points to end at 172.95 and Colorado (CS:COL) was up 5.56% or 3.30 points to 62.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which fell 9.97% or 18.15 points to trade at 163.85 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 5.96% or 78 points to end at 1230 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was down 2.80% or 11 points to 382.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 15 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.25% or 0.61 to $49.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.86% or 0.44 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.22 to trade at $1266.62 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 10.9230, while USD/MAD rose 0.18% to 9.7732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.37.