Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Construction & Building Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which rose 7.83% or 6.89 points to trade at 94.89 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) added 6.00% or 6.90 points to end at 121.90 and Colorado (CS:COL) was up 5.74% or 3.90 points to 71.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which lost 7.37% or 1.99 points to trade at 25.01 in late trade. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) declined 4.62% or 3.00 points to end at 62.00 and CTM (CS:CTM) shed 3.63% or 33.90 points to 900.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.35% or 0.76 to $57.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.56% or 1.03 to hit $67.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 14.70 to trade at $1213.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.7900, while USD/MAD fell 0.18% to 9.5225.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.97.