Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Forestry & Paper and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 5.23% or 8 points to trade at 160 at the close. Meanwhile, Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) added 4.35% or 2.00 points to end at 48.00 and Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) was up 4.17% or 1.00 points to 25.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which fell 5.91% or 10.90 points to trade at 173.60 at the close. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) declined 5.80% or 8.00 points to end at 130.00 and Unimer (CS:UMR) was down 5.62% or 10.00 points to 168.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 18 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $68.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.56 to hit $74.04 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.60 to trade at $1348.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 11.3270, while USD/MAD rose 0.20% to 9.1801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.56.