Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverage, Forestry & Paper and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM), which rose 7.14% or 200 points to trade at 3000 at the close. Meanwhile, SMI (CS:SMI) added 5.96% or 103 points to end at 1830 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was up 4.17% or 60 points to 1500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which fell 5.33% or 0.93 points to trade at 16.51 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 4.64% or 1.30 points to end at 26.70 and Involys (CS:INV) was down 3.13% or 3.80 points to 117.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in Involys (CS:INV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.13% or 3.80 to 117.50.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.21% or 0.14 to $67.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $74.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 9.30 to trade at $1194.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.36% to 10.9420, while USD/MAD rose 0.04% to 9.4730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 95.55.