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Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.95% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were S2M (CSE:S2M), which rose 5.18% or 31.00 points to trade at 629.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanlam Maroc SA (CSE:SAH) added 4.71% or 90.00 points to end at 2,000.00 and CIH (CSE:CIH) was up 4.10% or 17.00 points to 432.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Med Paper (CSE:MDP), which fell 4.40% or 1.32 points to trade at 28.65 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) declined 4.17% or 3.00 points to end at 69.00 and Auto Hall (CSE:ATH) was down 3.27% or 2.75 points to 81.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 26 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.59% or 1.04 to $66.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.39% or 0.95 to hit $69.46 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 21.10 to trade at $3,376.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 10.55, while USD/MAD fell 0.08% to 8.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.09.