Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Real Estate and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which rose 9.97% or 117 points to trade at 1290 at the close. Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) added 9.95% or 2.09 points to end at 23.08 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was up 9.94% or 18.30 points to 202.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which lost 3.47% or 4.90 points to trade at 136.10 in late trade. Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) declined 2.06% or 12.9 points to end at 611.1 and CTM (CS:CTM) shed 1.76% or 9.90 points to 550.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.48% or 0.59 to $39.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.34 to hit $40.13 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1220.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.16% to 10.8840, while USD/MAD rose 0.01% to 9.7442.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.16.