Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Holding Companies and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 3.42% or 4.70 points to trade at 142.00 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) added 2.83% or 2.36 points to end at 85.79 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was up 2.31% or 26 points to 1150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CS:PAP), which lost 6.22% or 2.30 points to trade at 34.70 in late trade. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) declined 5.98% or 11.65 points to end at 183.25 and Involys (CS:INV) shed 4.33% or 6.45 points to 142.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.36% or 0.79 to $58.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $63.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.55 to trade at $1287.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.53% to 11.2090, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.3861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.