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 rose 0.59% to hit a new all time high.
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 10.00% or 6.12 points to trade at 67.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE: SNA ) added 6.04% or 3.30 points to end at 57.90 and Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE: SID ) was up 5.12% or 127.00 points to 2,609.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wafa Assurance (CSE: WAA ), which fell 4.19% or 215.00 points to trade at 4,920.00 at the close. Taqa Morocco SA (CSE: TQM ) declined 3.51% or 111.00 points to end at 3,053.00 and CTM (CSE: CTM ) was down 2.65% or 25.00 points to 920.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 34 to 17 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE: SID ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.12% or 127.00 to 2,609.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.12% or 0.69 to $60.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.12% or 0.73 to hit $64.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 29.11 to trade at $3,284.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.24% to 10.43, while USD/MAD rose 0.38% to 9.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 99.92.