Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which rose 9.59% or 1.63 points to trade at 18.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) added 6.00% or 126 points to end at 2226 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 6.00% or 2.40 points to 42.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 5.93% or 21.20 points to trade at 336.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) declined 5.90% or 1.70 points to end at 27.10 and Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) was down 5.83% or 70 points to 1130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Timar (CS:TIM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.93% or 21.20 to 336.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.26% or 0.34 to $27.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.07% or 0.33 to hit $30.51 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 4.90% or 58.50 to trade at $1253.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.16% to 10.9470, while USD/MAD fell 0.36% to 9.6496.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 95.39.