Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Beverage and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.08% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which rose 5.81% or 122 points to trade at 2220 at the close. Unimer (CS:UMR) added 5.32% or 9.30 points to end at 184.00 and Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) was up 3.82% or 1.53 points to 41.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which lost 5.96% or 148 points to trade at 2332 in late trade. Eqdom (CS:EQDM) declined 5.78% or 59 points to end at 961 and AFMA SA (CS:AFM) shed 5.52% or 45 points to 770.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.02% or 0.45 to $44.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.11% or 0.50 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.87% or 23.75 to trade at $1296.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.9670, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.6000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.64.