Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Construction & Building Materials and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which rose 3.62% or 23 points to trade at 658 at the close. Meanwhile, Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) added 2.66% or 25.00 points to end at 965.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) was up 2.56% or 0.44 points to 17.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which fell 2.57% or 7.40 points to trade at 280.60 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 1.38% or 2.50 points to end at 178.05 and AFMA SA (CS:AFM) was down 1.33% or 15 points to 1111.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 15 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $71.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.38 to hit $79.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1290.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.01% to 11.1320, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 9.4354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.32.