Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.34%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Companies , Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX ), which rose 5.56% or 15.00 points to trade at 285.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC ) added 5.14% or 33.90 points to end at 693.90 and CIH (CSE:CIH ) was up 3.64% or 15.10 points to 430.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS ), which fell 4.88% or 6.00 points to trade at 117.00 at the close. Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR ) declined 4.46% or 2.10 points to end at 44.99 and Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM ) was down 2.95% or 70.00 points to 2,300.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX ) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.56% or 15.00 to 285.00. Shares in CIH (CSE:CIH ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.64% or 15.10 to 430.10.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.43% or 0.32 to $74.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $78.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 24.39 to trade at $2,789.39 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.67% to 10.47, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 107.19.

Source: Investing.com