Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Managem (CS:MNG), which rose 6.00% or 45 points to trade at 795 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) added 4.82% or 12.70 points to end at 275.90 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was up 4.68% or 1.11 points to 24.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which lost 4.89% or 11.70 points to trade at 227.25 in late trade. Involys (CS:INV) declined 3.94% or 4.70 points to end at 114.30 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) shed 3.15% or 8.80 points to 270.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.36% or 0.15 to $41.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.63% or 20.40 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 10.9230, while USD/MAD rose 0.05% to 9.7000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.89.