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 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were S2M (CSE: S2M ), which rose 9.99% or 56.50 points to trade at 622.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Realis. Mecaniques (CSE: SRM ) added 9.98% or 40.40 points to end at 445.40 and Salafin (CSE: SLF ) was up 8.09% or 50.80 points to 678.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTM (CSE: CTM ), which fell 2.43% or 22.90 points to trade at 920.10 at the close. Douja Prom Addoha (CSE: ADH ) declined 2.31% or 0.90 points to end at 38.05 and Med Paper (CSE: MDP ) was down 2.16% or 0.49 points to 22.19.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 39 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in S2M (CSE: S2M ) rose to all time highs; rising 9.99% or 56.50 to 622.30.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.28 to $62.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $66.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 41.81 to trade at $3,335.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.55, while USD/MAD rose 0.14% to 9.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 99.22.