Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Distributors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Unimer (CS:UMR), which rose 5.88% or 10.00 points to trade at 180.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Jet Contractors (CS:JET) added 4.92% or 16.00 points to end at 341.00 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 4.20% or 22.90 points to 567.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Risma (CS:RIS), which fell 3.97% or 5.80 points to trade at 140.20 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) declined 3.64% or 10.80 points to end at 286.20 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) was down 2.88% or 53.0 points to 1786.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unimer (CS:UMR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.88% or 10.00 to 180.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.18% or 0.66 to $56.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.39% or 0.85 to hit $62.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 10.90 to trade at $1255.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 11.1520, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.4484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.62.