Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Construction & Building Materials and Beverage sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.94% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Oulmes (CS:OULM), which rose 6.00% or 72 points to trade at 1272 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) added 6.00% or 15.00 points to end at 265.00 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was up 5.55% or 13.95 points to 265.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Risma (CS:RIS), which lost 3.45% or 3.80 points to trade at 106.20 in late trade. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 3.10% or 30 points to end at 920 and Salafin (CS:SLF) shed 2.31% or 18 points to 780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.13% or 0.51 to $45.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.28% or 0.60 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.34% or 16.80 to trade at $1267.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.9540, while USD/MAD fell 0.09% to 9.6596.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.58% at 93.83.