Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverage, Pharmaceutical Industry and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 1.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Colorado (CS:COL), which rose 9.97% or 7.37 points to trade at 81.27 at the close. Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) added 6.67% or 110 points to end at 1760 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was up 5.97% or 8.05 points to 143.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which lost 4.04% or 2.19 points to trade at 52.00 in late trade. Disway SA (CS:DWY) declined 2.56% or 11.00 points to end at 419.00 and S2M (CS:S2M) shed 1.77% or 5.05 points to 279.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.40% or 0.23 to $56.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.01 to trade at $1276.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 11.0630, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.4887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.32.