Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Managem (CS:MNG), which rose 6.00% or 45 points to trade at 795 at the close. Meanwhile, M2M Group (CS:M2M) added 4.82% or 12.70 points to end at 275.90 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was up 4.68% or 1.11 points to 24.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which fell 4.89% or 11.70 points to trade at 227.25 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) declined 3.94% or 4.70 points to end at 114.30 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was down 3.15% or 8.80 points to 270.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.36% or 0.15 to $41.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.63% or 20.40 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 10.9230, while USD/MAD rose 0.05% to 9.7000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.89.