Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 5.97% or 7.40 points to trade at 131.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Samir (CS:SAMI) added 4.10% or 6.00 points to end at 152.00 and Ennakl (CS:NAKL) was up 3.70% or 1.44 points to 40.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which fell 5.83% or 14.00 points to trade at 226.00 at the close. Eqdom (CS:EQDM) declined 4.75% or 59 points to end at 1182 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was down 4.54% or 5.00 points to 105.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 10 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eqdom (CS:EQDM) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.75% or 59 to 1182. Shares in Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) fell to all time lows; losing 4.54% or 5.00 to 105.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.78% or 0.47 to $59.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $63.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1172.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.30% to 10.8540, while USD/MAD fell 0.11% to 9.7049.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.45.