Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Construction & Building Materials and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Akdital SA (CSE:AKT), which rose 8.65% or 70.10 points to trade at 880.10 at the close. Meanwhile, CDM (CSE:CDM) added 5.13% or 42.00 points to end at 860.00 and Societe d’Exploitation des Ports SA (CSE:MSA) was up 4.70% or 15.05 points to 335.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which fell 9.97% or 3.25 points to trade at 29.34 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) declined 6.45% or 2.00 points to end at 29.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) was down 4.59% or 4.95 points to 103.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akdital SA (CSE:AKT) rose to all time highs; rising 8.65% or 70.10 to 880.10. Shares in Societe d’Exploitation des Ports SA (CSE:MSA) rose to all time highs; rising 4.70% or 15.05 to 335.05.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.71% or 0.58 to $82.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.52 to hit $85.60 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.85% or 44.10 to trade at $2,423.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.33% to 10.69, while USD/MAD rose 0.11% to 9.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 104.03.