Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Holding Companies and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CDM (CS:CDM), which rose 5.99% or 28 points to trade at 498 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 5.88% or 8.00 points to end at 144.00 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was up 5.83% or 60 points to 1090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 6.76% or 11 points to trade at 151 in late trade. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) declined 6.38% or 1.50 points to end at 22.01 and Hps (CS:HPS) shed 6.25% or 50.00 points to 750.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 29 to 23 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.77% or 0.42 to $54.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.85% or 0.48 to hit $56.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.10 to trade at $1257.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 10.6870, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 10.0999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.