Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA), which rose 6.49% or 273.00 points to trade at 4,479.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) added 6.00% or 60.00 points to end at 1,060.00 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS) was up 4.65% or 3.51 points to 79.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were S2M (CSE:S2M), which fell 9.98% or 23.25 points to trade at 209.75 at the close. Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) declined 4.50% or 4.95 points to end at 105.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) was down 2.98% or 14.00 points to 456.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) rose to all time highs; up 6.00% or 60.00 to 1,060.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.47% or 3.13 to $73.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 4.09% or 3.02 to hit $76.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 3.00 to trade at $2,672.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.79, while USD/MAD rose 0.17% to 9.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 101.75.