Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 9.15% or 2.43 points to trade at 28.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) added 5.97% or 65.0 points to end at 1153.0 and CIH (CS:CIH) was up 5.14% or 15.10 points to 309.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which fell 5.73% or 16.00 points to trade at 263.00 at the close. Sothema (CS:SOT) declined 5.68% or 100 points to end at 1660 and Involys (CS:INV) was down 5.02% or 6.40 points to 121.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 18 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.58% or 0.40 to $69.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.46 to hit $74.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.20 to trade at $1225.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.23% to 11.0370, while USD/MAD rose 0.27% to 9.4657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 94.47.