Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Oil & Gas and Beverage sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.99% or 3.73 points to trade at 41.07 at the close. Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) added 5.97% or 59 points to end at 1055 and CIH (CS:CIH) was up 5.10% or 16.25 points to 335.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Snep (CS:SNP), which lost 9.98% or 29.25 points to trade at 263.75 in late trade. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 9.98% or 6.04 points to end at 54.46 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) shed 9.96% or 13.00 points to 117.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 22 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.67% or 0.34 to $51.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.63% or 0.34 to hit $54.26 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.07% or 12.95 to trade at $1199.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.03% to 10.7070, while USD/MAD rose 0.01% to 10.0709.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 101.44.