Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Holding Companies and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.98% or 3.07 points to trade at 33.82 at the close. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) added 8.24% or 14.00 points to end at 184.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was up 6.71% or 2.00 points to 31.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 6.33% or 7.10 points to trade at 105.00 in late trade. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) declined 5.99% or 8.95 points to end at 140.50 and Timar (CS:TIM) shed 5.98% or 13.50 points to 212.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 20 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.30% or 0.16 to $52.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.74% or 0.41 to hit $55.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.85 to trade at $1240.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.23% to 10.7180, while USD/MAD fell 0.37% to 10.0550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 100.56.