Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Telecoms and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 5.98% or 6.15 points to trade at 108.95 at the close. Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) added 5.97% or 131 points to end at 2325 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was up 4.93% or 11.35 points to 241.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Snep (CS:SNP), which lost 5.99% or 5.26 points to trade at 82.54 in late trade. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 5.83% or 1.02 points to end at 16.47 and Involys (CS:INV) shed 5.50% or 7.00 points to 120.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 9 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.83% or 0.82 to $45.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.03% or 0.94 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.78% or 10.45 to trade at $1333.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.06% to 10.8700, while USD/MAD fell 0.23% to 9.7840.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 96.11.