Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Real Estate and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 4.79% or 11.65 points to trade at 254.80 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 3.60% or 1.80 points to end at 51.80 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 3.45% or 14.00 points to 419.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Snep (CS:SNP), which lost 5.84% or 6.13 points to trade at 98.82 in late trade. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) declined 4.91% or 5.95 points to end at 115.00 and CTM (CS:CTM) shed 3.38% or 14.00 points to 414.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.50% or 0.21 to $41.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.28% or 0.12 to hit $44.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.37% or 14.60 to trade at $1083.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.41% to 10.7210, while USD/MAD fell 0.49% to 9.9685.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.75% at 98.92.