Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Utilities and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were S2M (CS:S2M), which rose 6.11% or 16.50 points to trade at 286.50 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) added 5.64% or 3.90 points to end at 73.00 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 4.24% or 7.00 points to 172.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 6.54% or 8.75 points to trade at 125.10 in late trade. Oulmes (CS:OULM) declined 5.17% or 93 points to end at 1707 and Involys (CS:INV) shed 5.13% or 7.85 points to 145.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 26 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.57% or 0.27 to $47.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.03 to trade at $1298.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.51% to 11.1800, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.4135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 92.63.