Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Insurance and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 6.00% or 3 points to trade at 58 at the close. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) added 4.06% or 6.80 points to end at 174.00 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 3.89% or 144 points to 3844 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMI (CS:SMI), which lost 5.89% or 165 points to trade at 2635 in late trade. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) declined 5.71% or 8.00 points to end at 132.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 4.46% or 7.25 points to 155.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.61% or 0.30 to $48.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $55.99 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1092.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.30% to 10.7960, while USD/MAD fell 0.32% to 9.8300.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 97.38.