Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 5.99% or 1.41 points to trade at 24.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) added 5.96% or 48.7 points to end at 864.7 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was up 4.76% or 6.55 points to 143.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which fell 5.26% or 1.00 points to trade at 18.00 at the close. SMI (CS:SMI) declined 4.44% or 120 points to end at 2580 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 4.32% or 8.00 points to 177.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.96% or 48.7 to 864.7. Shares in IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.76% or 6.55 to 143.95.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.92% or 0.88 to $44.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.74% or 0.82 to hit $46.35 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.82% or 10.85 to trade at $1330.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.18% to 10.8330, while USD/MAD rose 0.00% to 9.8521.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.06.