Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the rose 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:), which rose 5.64% or 2.48 points to trade at 46.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:) added 4.28% or 23.00 points to end at 560.00 and Alliances (CSE:) was up 4.04% or 17.10 points to 440.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:), which fell 6.13% or 147.00 points to trade at 2,250.00 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CSE:) declined 3.63% or 164.00 points to end at 4,351.00 and Label Vie (CSE:) was down 3.15% or 135.00 points to 4,152.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 20 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CSE:) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.04% or 17.10 to 440.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.42% or 0.29 to $68.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 15.96 to trade at $2,660.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.13% to 10.47, while USD/MAD fell 0.08% to 9.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 105.84.
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