Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Holding Companies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.62% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 6.73% or 75.00 points to trade at 1190.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) added 5.98% or 6.70 points to end at 118.70 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 3.69% or 13.60 points to 381.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eqdom (CS:EQDM), which fell 3.16% or 32 points to trade at 980 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) declined 3.11% or 3.85 points to end at 120.00 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was down 1.78% or 1.65 points to 91.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 9 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.73% or 75.00 to 1190.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.32% or 0.56 to $43.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.70% or 0.76 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.24 to trade at $1252.04 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.9130, while USD/MAD fell 0.15% to 9.7855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.26.