Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food Producers & Processors and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.23%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Risma (CS:RIS), which lost 5.66% or 6.20 points to trade at 103.30 in late trade. Eqdom (CS:EQDM) declined 5.52% or 61 points to end at 1045 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) shed 4.43% or 6.55 points to 141.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.93% or 0.48 to $52.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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 0.54% or 6.75 to trade at $1260.05 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 0.41% at 101.02.