Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banks, Beverages and Transportation sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE:SOT), which rose 8.08% or 97.00 points to trade at 1,297.00 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA) added 4.92% or 241.00 points to end at 5,140.00 and Afriquia Gaz (CSE:GAZ) was up 3.29% or 135.00 points to 4,235.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CSE:M2M), which fell 4.89% or 26.80 points to trade at 521.00 in late trade. Salafin (CSE:SLF) declined 4.49% or 30.50 points to end at 649.50 and IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) down 4.35% or 1.73 points to 38.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 35 to 20 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
Shares in Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE:SOT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.08% or 97.00 to 1,297.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.22% or 0.72 to $58.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.05% or 0.65 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.50% or 48.45 to trade at $3,270.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.23% to 10.51, while USD/MAD fell 0.27% to 9.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 99.33.