Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI), which rose 5.85% or 165 points to trade at 2985 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) added 5.61% or 69 points to end at 1299 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 1.81% or 3 points to 163 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which lost 9.98% or 4.64 points to trade at 41.86 in late trade. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 4.20% or 191 points to end at 4359 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) shed 3.33% or 5.00 points to 145.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.01% or 0.49 to $48.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.61% or 0.31 to hit $51.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.09 to trade at $1263.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.9360, while USD/MAD rose 0.16% to 9.7543.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.