Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Mining and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.90% or 32 points to trade at 574 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 3.73% or 27 points to end at 750 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was up 3.55% or 4.80 points to 140.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aluminum mar 1l (CS:ALU), which lost 5.04% or 48 points to trade at 902 in late trade. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 3.60% or 6.35 points to end at 170.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) shed 2.69% or 0.59 points to 21.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.62% or 1.13 to $44.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.77% or 1.26 to hit $46.71 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.65% or 8.55 to trade at $1325.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.15% to 10.8850, while USD/MAD rose 0.23% to 9.7570.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.82.