Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Software & Computer Services and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL), which rose 5.94% or 120 points to trade at 2140 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 5.63% or 49 points to end at 919 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 5.20% or 4.35 points to 87.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CS:PAP), which lost 2.94% or 0.50 points to trade at 16.50 in late trade. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 2.36% or 89 points to end at 3680 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) shed 1.86% or 23 points to 1211.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.28% or 0.17 to $60.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.89% or 22.30 to trade at $1199.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.9410, while USD/MAD fell 0.33% to 9.6130.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 94.03.