Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were SMI (CS:SMI), which rose 5.84% or 154 points to trade at 2789 at the close. Meanwhile, Involys (CS:INV) added 5.73% or 7.00 points to end at 122.00 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 5.01% or 6.00 points to 125.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rebab Company (CS:REBA), which fell 5.83% or 7.00 points to trade at 113.00 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 5.58% or 11.90 points to end at 213.00 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 2.89% or 4.00 points to 134.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 18 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.77% or 0.86 to $47.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.32% or 0.70 to hit $52.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.62% or 6.70 to trade at $1095.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.37% to 10.8190, while USD/MAD fell 0.56% to 9.8060.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 97.02.