Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Chemicals and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.99% or 34.95 points to trade at 384.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Med Paper (CS:PAP) added 9.98% or 2.52 points to end at 27.77 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 5.96% or 6.35 points to 112.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Risma (CS:RIS), which fell 4.34% or 4.95 points to trade at 109.05 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 4.28% or 197 points to end at 4402 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was down 3.98% or 22.40 points to 540.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.49% or 0.74 to $48.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.43% or 0.75 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.06 to trade at $1267.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.12% to 10.8050, while USD/MAD rose 0.14% to 9.9345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 98.99.