Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Holding Companies and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which rose 7.57% or 7.95 points to trade at 112.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Salafin (CS:SLF) added 7.14% or 70 points to end at 1050 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was up 5.68% or 8.60 points to 160.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL), which fell 9.97% or 3.64 points to trade at 32.86 at the close. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) declined 8.89% or 8.00 points to end at 82.00 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) was down 5.05% or 1.33 points to 25.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) fell to 5-year lows; down 9.97% or 3.64 to 32.86. Shares in Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) fell to all time lows; down 8.89% or 8.00 to 82.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.39% or 1.68 to $68.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.83% or 1.46 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1208.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.16% to 10.9660, while USD/MAD fell 0.28% to 9.3895.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.57.