Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Invest Companies & Other Finance and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 9.99% or 81.80 points to trade at 900.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) added 9.97% or 16.45 points to end at 181.45 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was up 6.67% or 11.75 points to 188.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 5.72% or 9 points to trade at 150 at the close. Afric Industries Sa (CS:AFIND) declined 3.10% or 9.60 points to end at 300.20 and Risma (CS:RIS) was down 2.54% or 3.00 points to 115.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.99% or 81.80 to 900.80. Shares in Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.97% or 16.45 to 181.45.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.37% or 1.19 to $49.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.22% or 1.18 to hit $51.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.05 to trade at $1203.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.6880, while USD/MAD fell 0.25% to 10.1007.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 101.93.