Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Mining and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 6.12% or 6.00 points to trade at 104.00 at the close. Salafin (CS:SLF) added 5.96% or 50 points to end at 880 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) was up 5.95% or 1.60 points to 28.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 6.90% or 23.95 points to trade at 323.05 in late trade. Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) declined 3.27% or 90 points to end at 2660 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 3.07% or 3.80 points to 120.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.75% or 0.94 to $52.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.72% or 0.97 to hit $55.39 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 13.25 to trade at $1236.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.12% to 10.6590, while USD/MAD rose 0.28% to 10.1378.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 102.09.