Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CSE:SLF), which rose 5.36% or 30.00 points to trade at 590.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA) added 4.84% or 187.00 points to end at 4,050.00 and Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) was up 3.96% or 19.80 points to 519.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM), which fell 6.80% or 170.00 points to trade at 2,330.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) declined 3.42% or 0.38 points to end at 10.72 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) was down 1.75% or 1.80 points to 101.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 15 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.28% or 0.22 to $78.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $82.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 29.45 to trade at $2,325.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.35% to 10.75, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 9.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 104.66.