Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Insurance and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 6.00% or 3 points to trade at 58 at the close. Meanwhile, Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) added 4.06% or 6.80 points to end at 174.00 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 3.89% or 144 points to 3844 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CS:SMI), which fell 5.89% or 165 points to trade at 2635 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) declined 5.71% or 8.00 points to end at 132.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was down 4.46% or 7.25 points to 155.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.71% or 8.00 to 132.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.63% or 0.31 to $48.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $55.99 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1092.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.30% to 10.7960, while USD/MAD fell 0.32% to 9.8300.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 97.38.