Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Invest Companies & Other Finance, Construction & Building Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU), which rose 7.97% or 10.70 points to trade at 145.00 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 7.14% or 2.00 points to end at 30.00 and Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) was up 6.04% or 0.90 points to 15.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BMCI (CS:BMCI), which lost 6.36% or 45 points to trade at 661 in late trade. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 6.12% or 6.00 points to end at 92.00 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) shed 4.48% or 60 points to 1280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 16 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.65% or 1.70 to $44.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.69% or 2.04 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.10 to trade at $1278.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.11% to 10.8950, while USD/MAD fell 0.22% to 9.5490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.167.