Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Distributors and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which rose 5.97% or 85 points to trade at 1508 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) added 5.40% or 3.90 points to end at 76.00 and Disway (CS:DWAY) was up 3.95% or 8.40 points to 220.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 9.99% or 6 points to trade at 57 in late trade. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) declined 5.97% or 9.50 points to end at 149.40 and Samir (CS:SAMI) shed 3.99% or 5.95 points to 143.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.95% or 0.54 to $57.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.93% or 0.57 to hit $62.59 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.20 to trade at $1163.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.8160, while USD/MAD fell 0.30% to 9.7521.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 96.25.