Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Construction & Building Materials and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Akdital SA (CSE:AKT), which rose 8.65% or 70.10 points to trade at 880.10 at the close. CDM (CSE:CDM) added 5.13% or 42.00 points to end at 860.00 and Societe d’Exploitation des Ports SA (CSE:MSA) was up 4.70% or 15.05 points to 335.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which lost 9.97% or 3.25 points to trade at 29.34 in late trade. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) declined 6.45% or 2.00 points to end at 29.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) shed 4.59% or 4.95 points to 103.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.76% or 0.62 to $82.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.65% or 0.55 to hit $85.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.82% or 43.40 to trade at $2,423.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.33% to 10.69, while USD/MAD rose 0.11% to 9.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 104.04.