Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.04%

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

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Jet Contractors (CSE:JET ), which rose 3.47% or 28.10 points to trade at 837.00 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:S2M ) added 2.71% or 6.50 points to end at 246.50 and Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR ) was up 2.31% or 1.20 points to 53.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP ), which fell 2.31% or 11.60 points to trade at 490.10 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC ) declined 2.06% or 0.84 points to end at 39.94 and Miniere Touissit (CSE:CMT ) was down 2.06% or 35.00 points to 1,665.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged.

Shares in Jet Contractors (CSE:JET ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.47% or 28.10 to 837.00.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.42% or 0.98 to $68.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.39% or 1.01 to hit $71.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.15 to trade at $2,537.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.20% to 10.78, while USD/MAD fell 0.28% to 9.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 101.16.

Source: Investing.com