Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Banking and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which rose 8.37% or 21.00 points to trade at 272.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlanta (CS:ATL) added 4.84% or 3.00 points to end at 65.00 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) was up 3.77% or 3.90 points to 107.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which fell 5.97% or 8.05 points to trade at 126.85 at the close. Eqdom (CS:EQDM) declined 5.74% or 60 points to end at 986 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) was down 5.73% or 1.35 points to 22.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eqdom (CS:EQDM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.74% or 60 to 986. Shares in Taslif (CS:TSF1) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.73% or 1.35 to 22.20.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.35% or 0.25 to $70.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.71% or 0.56 to hit $78.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1210.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.18% to 10.9950, while USD/MAD fell 0.51% to 9.3445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 93.61.