Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.55%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Companies , Transport and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.55% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Colorado (CSE:COL ), which rose 6.71% or 3.39 points to trade at 53.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlanta (CSE:ATL ) added 5.34% or 7.10 points to end at 140.10 and Societe d’Exploitation des Ports SA (CSE:MSA ) was up 5.19% or 22.20 points to 450.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM ), which fell 9.95% or 258.00 points to trade at 2,334.00 at the close. Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR ) declined 3.91% or 2.50 points to end at 61.50 and Risma (CSE:RIS ) was down 2.83% or 6.40 points to 220.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 21 and 3 ended unchanged.

Shares in Societe d’Exploitation des Ports SA (CSE:MSA ) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.19% or 22.20 to 450.00.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.15% or 0.10 to $67.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $71.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 25.00 to trade at $2,669.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.37% to 10.83, while USD/MAD rose 0.06% to 9.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.16.

Source: Investing.com