Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Building Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM), which rose 3.90% or 80 points to trade at 2130 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) added 3.87% or 1.19 points to end at 31.90 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 3.18% or 1.45 points to 47.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 5.98% or 13.70 points to trade at 215.30 in late trade. Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) declined 5.95% or 83 points to end at 1311 and Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) shed 5.09% or 44 points to 820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 17 and 14 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.75% or 0.37 to $49.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.44 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.67 to trade at $1254.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.9030, while USD/MAD rose 0.20% to 9.8000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.50.