Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Invest Companies & Other Finance and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 9.99% or 81.80 points to trade at 900.80 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) added 9.97% or 16.45 points to end at 181.45 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was up 6.67% or 11.75 points to 188.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 5.72% or 9 points to trade at 150 in late trade. Afric Industries Sa (CS:AFIND) declined 3.10% or 9.60 points to end at 300.20 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 2.54% or 3.00 points to 115.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.37% or 1.19 to $49.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.22% or 1.18 to hit $51.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.15 to trade at $1203.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.6880, while USD/MAD fell 0.25% to 10.1007.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 101.93.