Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Timar (CS:TIM), which rose 10.00% or 21.00 points to trade at 231.05 at the close. Sonasid (CS:SOND) added 9.99% or 74 points to end at 810 and Involys (CS:INV) was up 9.96% or 12.95 points to 142.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which lost 3.75% or 7.80 points to trade at 200.15 in late trade. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) declined 2.57% or 3.90 points to end at 147.60 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) shed 2.09% or 0.46 points to 21.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 32 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.23% or 0.11 to $48.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.13 to trade at $1293.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.33% to 11.1810, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.4503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 92.89.