Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Real Estate and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 5.99% or 12.95 points to trade at 229.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ib Maroc.Com (CS:IBMC) added 5.98% or 3.03 points to end at 53.63 and Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) was up 5.11% or 118 points to 2424 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which fell 5.50% or 0.88 points to trade at 15.12 at the close. Label Vie (CS:LBV) declined 5.30% or 63 points to end at 1125 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 4.22% or 4.80 points to 108.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) fell to all time lows; down 5.50% or 0.88 to 15.12.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.16% or 0.38 to $31.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.61% or 0.56 to hit $34.48 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.14% or 13.00 to trade at $1154.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.32% to 10.8900, while USD/MAD fell 0.48% to 9.7266.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 96.61.