Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Utilities and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 6.29% or 10.00 points to trade at 169.00 at the close. Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) added 5.17% or 9.40 points to end at 191.10 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 5.08% or 30.00 points to 620.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included S2M (CS:S2M), which lost 5.98% or 18.50 points to trade at 291.00 in late trade. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) declined 4.92% or 0.94 points to end at 18.16 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) shed 3.69% or 1.76 points to 46.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 26 to 22 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.83% or 1.16 to $62.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.32% or 0.90 to hit $67.43 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1335.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 11.3160, while USD/MAD fell 0.22% to 9.2190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.85.