Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Distributors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 9.97% or 2.76 points to trade at 30.42 at the close. Rebab Company (CS:REBA) added 5.96% or 6.70 points to end at 119.05 and Ib Maroc.Com (CS:IBMC) was up 5.26% or 5.00 points to 100.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which lost 5.65% or 12.55 points to trade at 209.50 in late trade. Ennakl (CS:NAKL) declined 4.19% or 1.70 points to end at 38.80 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) shed 4.00% or 0.75 points to 18.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.19% or 0.67 to $55.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.83% or 0.53 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1197.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.08% to 10.7080, while USD/MAD fell 0.36% to 9.9685.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.99.