Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Transport and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were S2M (CSE:S2M), which rose 9.32% or 21.90 points to trade at 256.90 at the close. Involys (CSE:INV) added 5.04% or 4.89 points to end at 101.95 and Sanlam Maroc SA (CSE:SAH) was up 2.45% or 46.00 points to 1,926.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX), which lost 9.94% or 24.85 points to trade at 225.10 in late trade. AFMA SA (CSE:AFM) declined 6.06% or 72.00 points to end at 1,117.00 and Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) shed 3.00% or 19.00 points to 615.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 23 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.54% or 1.06 to $69.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.43% or 1.04 to hit $73.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 18.40 to trade at $2,670.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.21% to 10.52, while USD/MAD rose 0.06% to 10.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.43.