Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Mining and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS), which rose 9.99% or 3.68 points to trade at 40.52 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) added 9.97% or 3.51 points to end at 38.70 and Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) was up 9.70% or 65.00 points to 735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which lost 8.15% or 5.50 points to trade at 62.00 in late trade. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) declined 7.13% or 1.14 points to end at 14.85 and Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD) shed 6.78% or 80.00 points to 1,100.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 33 to 27 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.44% or 1.82 to $76.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.89% or 1.47 to hit $79.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 18.40 to trade at $2,556.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.17% to 10.77, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.00% to 9.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.37.