Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 8.24% or 2.20 points to trade at 28.90 at the close. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) added 5.93% or 5.77 points to end at 103.05 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 4.12% or 6.80 points to 171.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 3.54% or 4 points to trade at 108 in late trade. Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) declined 3.13% or 50 points to end at 1550 and Colorado (CS:COL) shed 2.56% or 2.00 points to 76.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.20 to trade at $1215.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.9890, while USD/MAD fell 0.00% to 9.4792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.96.