Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food Producers & Processors, Oil & Gas and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.98% or 11.50 points to trade at 203.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) added 5.96% or 152 points to end at 2702 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was up 4.68% or 9.00 points to 201.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which fell 5.98% or 8.05 points to trade at 126.35 at the close. Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) declined 5.79% or 6.95 points to end at 113.00 and Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) was down 4.00% or 86 points to 2063.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 17 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.98% or 8.05 to 126.35. Shares in Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) fell to all time lows; down 5.79% or 6.95 to 113.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.50% or 0.92 to $60.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.36% or 0.90 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.58% or 6.90 to trade at $1179.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.9160, while USD/MAD rose 0.78% to 9.7123.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 95.17.