Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.07%

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 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which rose 9.97% or 19.15 points to trade at 211.15 at the close. Meanwhile, IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) added 9.94% or 6.36 points to end at 70.35 and Involys (CSE:INV) was up 9.53% or 14.35 points to 165.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC), which fell 5.26% or 50.00 points to trade at 900.00 at the close. Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI) declined 3.85% or 23.00 points to end at 575.00 and SMI (CSE:SMI) was down 3.14% or 75.00 points to 2,314.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.97% or 1.35 to $67.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.67% or 1.17 to hit $69.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 5.70 to trade at $3,326.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.04% to 10.54, while USD/MAD rose 0.23% to 9.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.39.