Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Forestry & Paper and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 5.23% or 8 points to trade at 160 at the close. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) added 4.35% or 2.00 points to end at 48.00 and Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) was up 4.17% or 1.00 points to 25.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which lost 5.91% or 10.90 points to trade at 173.60 in late trade. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) declined 5.80% or 8.00 points to end at 130.00 and Unimer (CS:UMR) shed 5.62% or 10.00 points to 168.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 18 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $68.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.56 to hit $74.04 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.90 to trade at $1348.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 11.3270, while USD/MAD rose 0.20% to 9.1801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.56.