Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Building Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 10.00% or 2.02 points to trade at 22.23 at the close. Meanwhile, CIH (CS:CIH) added 6.38% or 18.00 points to end at 300.00 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 4.37% or 67 points to 1600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which fell 8.61% or 2.32 points to trade at 24.62 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) declined 4.63% or 9.25 points to end at 190.75 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 4.49% or 1.49 points to 31.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.63% or 9.25 to 190.75.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.91% or 0.56 to $61.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.11% or 0.80 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.8360, while USD/MAD rose 0.01% to 9.4918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.11.