Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Distributors and Holding Companies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.99% or 8.05 points to trade at 142.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 4.35% or 0.98 points to end at 23.50 and SMI (CS:SMI) was up 2.28% or 63 points to 2825 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which fell 5.99% or 1.76 points to trade at 27.64 at the close. Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) declined 5.61% or 22.00 points to end at 370.00 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) was down 3.33% or 20 points to 580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in BMCI (CS:BMCI) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.33% or 20 to 580.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.18% or 0.56 to $47.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.15% or 0.58 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.88 to trade at $1224.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.8030, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.9396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 99.52.