Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Cartier Saada (CSE:), which rose 9.99% or 3.68 points to trade at 40.52 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:) added 9.97% or 3.51 points to end at 38.70 and Jet Contractors (CSE:) was up 9.70% or 65.00 points to 735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:), which lost 8.15% or 5.50 points to trade at 62.00 in late trade. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:) declined 7.13% or 1.14 points to end at 14.85 and Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:) shed 6.78% or 80.00 points to 1,100.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 33 to 27 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.44% or 1.82 to $76.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.89% or 1.47 to hit $79.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 18.40 to trade at $2,556.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.17% to 10.77, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.00% to 9.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.37.
