Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.91%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Companies , Beverage and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.91%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were AFMA SA (CS: AFM ), which rose 8.98% or 97 points to trade at 1177 at the close. Hps (CS: HPS ) added 6.40% or 120.00 points to end at 1995.00 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS: SBM ) was up 5.97% or 179 points to 3179 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sonasid (CS: SOND ), which lost 2.44% or 15 points to trade at 616 in late trade. Managem (CS: MNG ) declined 1.13% or 19 points to end at 1660 and Alliances (CS: ADI ) shed 0.64% or 1 points to 155.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $74.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1323.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 11.2420, while USD/MAD fell 0.05% to 9.2791.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 91.44.