Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Mining and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which rose 7.99% or 1.85 points to trade at 25.00 at the close. Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) added 6.00% or 45 points to end at 790 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 5.03% or 9 points to 190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which lost 3.79% or 5.00 points to trade at 127.00 in late trade. Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) declined 3.61% or 49 points to end at 1310 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) shed 3.54% or 23 points to 626.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 22 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.19% or 0.54 to $46.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.24% or 0.59 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.61 to trade at $1217.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.13% to 10.9800, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 9.6410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.62.