Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.61%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals , Real Estate and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.61%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Unimer (CS: UMR ), which rose 5.88% or 10.00 points to trade at 180.00 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS: JET ) added 4.92% or 16.00 points to end at 341.00 and Snep (CS: SNP ) was up 4.20% or 22.90 points to 567.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Risma (CS: RIS ), which lost 3.97% or 5.80 points to trade at 140.20 in late trade. Realis. Mecaniques (CS: SRM ) declined 3.64% or 10.80 points to end at 286.20 and Total Maroc SA (CS: TMA ) shed 2.88% or 53.0 points to 1786.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.18% or 0.66 to $56.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.39% or 0.85 to hit $62.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.80 to trade at $1255.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 11.1520, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.4484.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.62.