Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.47%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining , Banking and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.47%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS: MIC ), which rose 8.37% or 21.00 points to trade at 272.00 at the close. Atlanta (CS: ATL ) added 4.84% or 3.00 points to end at 65.00 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CS: RDS ) was up 3.77% or 3.90 points to 107.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS: ZELI ), which lost 5.97% or 8.05 points to trade at 126.85 in late trade. Eqdom (CS: EQDM ) declined 5.74% or 60 points to end at 986 and Taslif (CS: TSF1 ) shed 5.73% or 1.35 points to 22.20.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.35% or 0.25 to $70.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.71% or 0.56 to hit $78.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1210.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.18% to 10.9950, while USD/MAD fell 0.51% to 9.3445.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 93.60.