Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Insurance and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Disway SA (CSE:DWY), which rose 4.25% or 27.00 points to trade at 663.00 at the close. Managem (CSE:MNG) added 3.76% or 105.00 points to end at 2,900.00 and Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE:SID) was up 3.18% or 29.90 points to 969.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salafin (CSE:SLF), which lost 4.72% or 26.80 points to trade at 541.20 in late trade. Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE:SOT) declined 1.46% or 14.00 points to end at 945.00 and Risma (CSE:RIS) shed 1.30% or 3.00 points to 227.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 24 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.97% or 0.68 to $70.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.54 to hit $73.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.12% or 30.24 to trade at $2,679.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.06% to 10.47, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.05% to 9.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 106.73.