Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Beverage and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were AFMA SA (CS:AFM), which rose 8.98% or 97 points to trade at 1177 at the close. Hps (CS:HPS) added 6.40% or 120.00 points to end at 1995.00 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) was up 5.97% or 179 points to 3179 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonasid (CS:SOND), which lost 2.44% or 15 points to trade at 616 in late trade. Managem (CS:MNG) declined 1.13% or 19 points to end at 1660 and Alliances (CS:ADI) shed 0.64% or 1 points to 155.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $74.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1323.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 11.2420, while USD/MAD fell 0.05% to 9.2791.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 91.44.