Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CSE:SLF), which rose 5.36% or 30.00 points to trade at 590.00 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA) added 4.84% or 187.00 points to end at 4,050.00 and Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) was up 3.96% or 19.80 points to 519.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM), which lost 6.80% or 170.00 points to trade at 2,330.00 in late trade. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) declined 3.42% or 0.38 points to end at 10.72 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) shed 1.75% or 1.80 points to 101.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 15 and 13 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.25% or 0.20 to $78.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $82.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.31% or 30.85 to trade at $2,323.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.35% to 10.75, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 9.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 104.67.