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 added 0.19%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:), which fell 8.15% or 5.50 points to trade at 62.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:) declined 7.13% or 1.14 points to end at 14.85 and Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:) was down 6.78% or 80.00 points to 1,100.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 33 to 27 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cartier Saada (CSE:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.99% or 3.68 to 40.52. Shares in IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.97% or 3.51 to 38.70. Shares in Jet Contractors (CSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 9.70% or 65.00 to 735.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.32% or 1.73 to $76.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.79% or 1.39 to hit $78.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 18.75 to trade at $2,556.55 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 0.38% at 101.38.
