Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 3.36% or 1.60 points to trade at 49.20 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) added 3.13% or 2.47 points to end at 81.50 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) was up 2.97% or 1.37 points to 47.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which lost 4.59% or 50 points to trade at 1040 in late trade. Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) declined 4.54% or 26 points to end at 551 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 2.08% or 5.00 points to 235.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 15 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.40% or 0.19 to $47.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.75 to trade at $1328.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 10.9140, while USD/MAD rose 0.40% to 9.7307.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.17.