Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.98% or 8.55 points to trade at 151.45 at the close. Meanwhile, CDM (CS:CDM) added 5.94% or 26 points to end at 459 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 4.78% or 23.50 points to 514.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 3.07% or 2 points to trade at 63 at the close. CIH (CS:CIH) declined 2.43% or 6.90 points to end at 277.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 2.08% or 0.50 points to 23.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $49.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $49.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.25 to trade at $1220.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.21% to 10.8900, while USD/MAD fell 0.12% to 9.7301.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.25.