Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.29% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which lost 4.48% or 125 points to trade at 2665 in late trade. Unimer (CS:UMR) declined 3.49% or 6.00 points to end at 166.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) shed 3.08% or 0.95 points to 29.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.21% or 0.09 to $42.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $45.35 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 7.88 to trade at $1257.28 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.