Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the gained 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:), which rose 9.98% or 17.50 points to trade at 192.80 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:) added 5.71% or 10.00 points to end at 185.00 and Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:) was up 4.36% or 48.00 points to 1,150.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zellidja S.A (CSE:), which fell 5.99% or 4.82 points to trade at 75.63 at the close. Salafin (CSE:) declined 5.98% or 34.70 points to end at 545.30 and IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:) was down 5.66% or 1.74 points to 29.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 33 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:) rose to 3-years highs; up 9.98% or 17.50 to 192.80.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.99% or 1.56 to $76.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.87% or 1.54 to hit $80.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 28.10 to trade at $2,381.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 10.69, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 9.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.08.
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