Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction & Building Materials, Beverage and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CS:SLF), which rose 5.89% or 48 points to trade at 856 at the close. Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) added 2.95% or 23.90 points to end at 835.00 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was up 2.77% or 2.49 points to 92.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM), which lost 9.77% or 195 points to trade at 1800 in late trade. Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) declined 3.83% or 90 points to end at 2260 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 3.50% or 11.55 points to 318.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.49% or 0.22 to $44.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.17% or 0.08 to hit $46.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.59% or 20.30 to trade at $1255.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.18% to 10.9170, while USD/MAD rose 0.43% to 9.7922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 97.47.