Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Oil & Gas and Insurance 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 Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which rose 3.23% or 0.75 points to trade at 24.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) added 3.17% or 35.0 points to end at 1140.0 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 2.87% or 44 points to 1579 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 9.97% or 14.60 points to trade at 131.90 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 9.09% or 2.50 points to end at 25.00 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was down 5.99% or 68 points to 1067.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 11 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.99% or 68 to 1067.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.63% or 0.44 to $69.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.30% or 0.24 to hit $79.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1230.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.8870, while USD/MAD rose 0.17% to 9.4928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.59.