Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO), which rose 7.27% or 4.61 points to trade at 68.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) added 7.05% or 3.10 points to end at 47.09 and Risma (CSE:RIS) was up 6.64% or 17.00 points to 273.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Managem (CSE:MNG), which fell 9.82% or 324.00 points to trade at 2,976.00 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) declined 2.83% or 0.99 points to end at 34.00 and Afriquia Gaz (CSE:GAZ) was down 2.26% or 88.00 points to 3,801.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 38 to 18 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Risma (CSE:RIS) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.64% or 17.00 to 273.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.64% or 0.48 to $75.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.67% or 0.53 to hit $79.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 22.24 to trade at $2,748.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.17% to 10.40, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 10.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 108.11.