Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.98% or 8.55 points to trade at 151.45 at the close. CDM (CS:CDM) added 5.94% or 26 points to end at 459 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 4.78% or 23.50 points to 514.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 3.07% or 2 points to trade at 63 in late trade. CIH (CS:CIH) declined 2.43% or 6.90 points to end at 277.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) shed 2.08% or 0.50 points to 23.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $49.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.78 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.25 to trade at $1220.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.21% to 10.8900, while USD/MAD fell 0.12% to 9.7301.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.25.