Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.29% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were SMI (CS:SMI), which rose 4.97% or 149 points to trade at 3149 at the close. Meanwhile, Salafin (CS:SLF) added 4.76% or 40 points to end at 880 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) was up 4.75% or 30 points to 660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which fell 4.48% or 125 points to trade at 2665 at the close. Unimer (CS:UMR) declined 3.49% or 6.00 points to end at 166.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was down 3.08% or 0.95 points to 29.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in BMCI (CS:BMCI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.75% or 30 to 660.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.28% or 0.12 to $42.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.97 to trade at $1257.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.15% to 10.9290, while USD/MAD fell 0.23% to 9.7631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.96.