Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Holding Companies and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CDM (CS:CDM), which rose 5.99% or 28 points to trade at 498 at the close. Meanwhile, Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 5.88% or 8.00 points to end at 144.00 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was up 5.83% or 60 points to 1090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 6.76% or 11 points to trade at 151 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) declined 6.38% or 1.50 points to end at 22.01 and Hps (CS:HPS) was down 6.25% or 50.00 points to 750.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 23 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.77% or 0.42 to $54.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.85% or 0.48 to hit $56.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 10.6870, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 10.0999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.