Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Distributors and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which rose 5.97% or 85 points to trade at 1508 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 5.40% or 3.90 points to end at 76.00 and Disway (CS:DWAY) was up 3.95% or 8.40 points to 220.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 9.99% or 6 points to trade at 57 at the close. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) declined 5.97% or 9.50 points to end at 149.40 and Samir (CS:SAMI) was down 3.99% or 5.95 points to 143.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CS:ADI) fell to all time lows; falling 9.99% or 6 to 57.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.93% or 0.53 to $57.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.93% or 0.57 to hit $62.59 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.10 to trade at $1163.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.8160, while USD/MAD fell 0.30% to 9.7521.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 96.25.