Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Distributors, Mining and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Miniere Touissit (CSE:CMT), which rose 9.10% or 122.00 points to trade at 1,462.00 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) added 1.90% or 8.00 points to end at 429.00 and Societe d’Exploitation des Ports SA (CSE:MSA) was up 1.14% or 5.00 points to 445.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM), which lost 5.69% or 140.00 points to trade at 2,320.00 in late trade. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) declined 5.56% or 2.00 points to end at 34.00 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS) shed 4.30% or 3.50 points to 77.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 21 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.97% or 0.69 to $70.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.85% or 0.64 to hit $74.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 16.40 to trade at $2,745.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.03% to 10.67, while USD/MAD fell 0.11% to 9.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 104.09.