Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Distributors and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which rose 6.60% or 99 points to trade at 1599 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) added 5.47% or 6.95 points to end at 133.95 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 5.43% or 5.00 points to 97.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 4.13% or 5.00 points to trade at 116.00 in late trade. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 3.55% or 1.06 points to end at 28.83 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) shed 3.23% or 3.00 points to 90.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 26 to 20 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.57% or 1.01 to $65.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.39% or 0.96 to hit $69.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.57% or 20.80 to trade at $1348.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.21% to 11.3320, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.1674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.