Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Beverage, Insurance and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 5.09% or 0.89 points to trade at 18.39 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 4.87% or 78 points to end at 1679 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 2.98% or 0.70 points to 24.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which lost 6.86% or 109 points to trade at 1480 in late trade. Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) declined 4.76% or 150 points to end at 3000 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) shed 2.44% or 6.90 points to 276.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.69% or 0.51 to hit $74.51 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1318.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 11.2440, while USD/MAD rose 0.15% to 9.2745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 91.22.