Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.12%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure , Forestry & Paper and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX ), which rose 6.62% or 14.90 points to trade at 240.00 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:S2M ) added 5.10% or 13.10 points to end at 270.00 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR ) was up 4.37% or 4.70 points to 112.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Involys (CSE:INV ), which fell 3.82% or 3.89 points to trade at 98.06 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC ) declined 2.40% or 0.81 points to end at 33.00 and Jet Contractors (CSE:JET ) was down 2.32% or 38.00 points to 1,600.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 22 and 8 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.88% or 0.62 to $70.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.44 to hit $74.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 22.35 to trade at $2,697.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.40% to 10.48, while USD/MAD rose 0.53% to 10.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 107.52.

Source: Investing.com