Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Forestry & Paper and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.01% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 5.96% or 8.35 points to trade at 148.35 at the close. CIH (CS:CIH) added 5.17% or 16.20 points to end at 329.50 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was up 3.56% or 39 points to 1134 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rebab Company (CS:REBA), which lost 5.98% or 7.55 points to trade at 118.60 in late trade. Alliances (CS:ADI) declined 3.38% or 4 points to end at 110 and Managem (CS:MNG) shed 3.32% or 31 points to 901.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.65% or 1.00 to $59.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.09% or 0.73 to hit $66.53 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.70 to trade at $1222.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.9190, while USD/MAD fell 0.08% to 9.6193.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.65.