Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Real Estate and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.71% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which rose 5.97% or 8.25 points to trade at 146.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) added 5.75% or 2.99 points to end at 54.99 and Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) was up 5.61% or 2.15 points to 40.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which fell 3.34% or 14 points to trade at 405 at the close. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 2.55% or 18.90 points to end at 723.10 and Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) was down 2.22% or 5.00 points to 220.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.71% or 0.36 to $50.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 3.18% or 37.00 to trade at $1126.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.77% to 10.5870, while USD/MAD rose 0.64% to 10.1935.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.35% at 103.41.