Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 7.69% or 1.00 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Med Paper (CS:PAP) added 4.29% or 0.90 points to end at 21.90 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was up 3.26% or 9.00 points to 285.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were S2M (CS:S2M), which fell 4.91% or 13.00 points to trade at 252.00 at the close. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 2.76% or 2.90 points to end at 102.10 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was down 2.53% or 35 points to 1350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.45% or 0.74 to $51.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.86% or 0.52 to hit $60.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1247.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.44% to 10.8480, while USD/MAD rose 0.56% to 9.5519.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.102.