Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 5.33% or 8.00 points to trade at 158.00 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 5.07% or 1.13 points to end at 23.40 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 4.82% or 6.35 points to 138.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which lost 9.99% or 20.65 points to trade at 186.10 in late trade. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 7.51% or 68.00 points to end at 837.00 and Timar (CS:TIM) shed 5.86% or 12.45 points to 200.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.25% or 0.12 to $48.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.27% or 27.30 to trade at $1228.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.7480, while USD/MAD fell 0.07% to 10.0134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.20.