Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Holding Companies and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 8.99% or 1.53 points to trade at 18.55 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) added 3.47% or 5.70 points to end at 170.00 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 2.00% or 35 points to 1785 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which lost 5.97% or 9.55 points to trade at 150.45 in late trade. Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) declined 5.20% or 1.30 points to end at 23.70 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) shed 3.60% or 18.00 points to 482.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $66.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $71.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.45% or 19.70 to trade at $1340.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 11.3260, while USD/MAD rose 0.24% to 9.1898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.47.