Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food Producers & Processors, Construction & Building Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cosumar (CS:CSMR), which rose 3.46% or 7 points to trade at 215 at the close. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) added 2.69% or 4.45 points to end at 169.95 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 1.34% or 30 points to 2273 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Involys (CS:INV), which lost 3.48% or 3.48 points to trade at 96.52 in late trade. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 2.49% or 2.28 points to end at 89.22 and Colorado (CS:COL) shed 2.04% or 1.02 points to 49.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.50% or 0.74 to $49.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.54% or 0.77 to hit $50.75 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.25 to trade at $1268.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 10.8010, while USD/MAD fell 0.07% to 9.9017.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 98.96.