Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Distributors and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.99% or 8.05 points to trade at 142.45 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 4.35% or 0.98 points to end at 23.50 and SMI (CS:SMI) was up 2.28% or 63 points to 2825 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taslif (CS:TSF1), which lost 5.99% or 1.76 points to trade at 27.64 in late trade. Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) declined 5.61% or 22.00 points to end at 370.00 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) shed 3.33% or 20 points to 580.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.18% or 0.56 to $47.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.15% or 0.58 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.88 to trade at $1224.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.8030, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.9396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 99.51.