Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.08% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA), which rose 4.71% or 71.0 points to trade at 1578.0 at the close. Salafin (CS:SLF) added 4.52% or 38 points to end at 878 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 3.85% or 50 points to 1350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 7.32% or 9.95 points to trade at 126.00 in late trade. AFMA SA (CS:AFM) declined 2.38% or 24 points to end at 985 and BCP (CS:BCP) shed 1.58% or 4.75 points to 295.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.72% or 0.32 to $45.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.26 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.13 to trade at $1245.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.16% to 11.0210, while USD/MAD fell 0.28% to 9.6436.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 95.39.