Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Transport and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.14% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 9.97% or 15.90 points to trade at 175.30 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) added 6.00% or 1.74 points to end at 30.74 and Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) was up 2.51% or 13.00 points to 530.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Immorente Invest SCA (CSE:IMO), which lost 2.15% or 2.00 points to trade at 91.00 in late trade. Lesieur Cristal (CSE:LES) declined 1.75% or 5.00 points to end at 280.00 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS) shed 1.71% or 1.43 points to 82.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 20 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.19% or 0.15 to $77.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.53% or 0.43 to hit $81.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.04% or 49.20 to trade at $2,366.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.44% to 10.67, while USD/MAD fell 0.62% to 9.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 103.98.