Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Beverage sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 9.98% or 17.50 points to trade at 192.80 at the close. S2M (CSE:S2M) added 5.71% or 10.00 points to end at 185.00 and Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD) was up 4.36% or 48.00 points to 1,150.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CSE:ZDJ), which lost 5.99% or 4.82 points to trade at 75.63 in late trade. Salafin (CSE:SLF) declined 5.98% or 34.70 points to end at 545.30 and IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) shed 5.66% or 1.74 points to 29.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 33 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.08% or 1.63 to $76.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.98% or 1.63 to hit $80.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 28.05 to trade at $2,381.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 10.69, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 9.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.08.