Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Food Producers & Processors and Holding Companies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 2.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.96% or 11.95 points to trade at 131.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 7.05% or 8.95 points to end at 135.95 and Cosumar (CS:CSMR) was up 6.54% or 20 points to 325 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 5.60% or 8.90 points to trade at 150.00 at the close. Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) declined 4.72% or 57 points to end at 1150 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was down 3.70% or 5.00 points to 130.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 16 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cosumar (CS:CSMR) rose to 3-years highs; up 6.54% or 20 to 325.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.94% or 0.51 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.20 to trade at $1131.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.37% to 10.6360, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 10.1781.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.96.