Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.20%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals , Real Estate and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS: OXYG ), which rose 10.00% or 8.80 points to trade at 96.80 at the close. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS: NKL ) added 8.83% or 4.06 points to end at 50.00 and S2M (CS: S2M ) was up 3.71% or 8.20 points to 229.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Promopharm S.A. (CS: PRO ), which lost 5.95% or 83 points to trade at 1311 in late trade. SMI (CS: SMI ) declined 5.59% or 137 points to end at 2311 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS: SRM ) shed 4.91% or 11.90 points to 230.10.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 22 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.27% or 0.55 to $43.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 0.59 to hit $45.12 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.48% or 18.50 to trade at $1231.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.24% to 10.9100, while USD/MAD rose 0.33% to 9.7205.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 95.12.