Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverage, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM), which rose 5.98% or 104 points to trade at 1844 at the close. Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 5.98% or 119 points to end at 2109 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 3.32% or 3.40 points to 105.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which lost 2.41% or 0.55 points to trade at 22.30 in late trade. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 2.25% or 4.00 points to end at 174.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) shed 2.15% or 0.43 points to 19.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.03% or 0.45 to $44.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.88% or 0.86 to hit $46.71 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.95 to trade at $1319.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.9180, while USD/MAD rose 0.04% to 9.7107.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.32.