Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Beverage and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which rose 6.63% or 20 points to trade at 320 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 5.00% or 1.00 points to end at 21.00 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 3.41% or 3 points to 91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 9.09% or 10.00 points to trade at 100.00 in late trade. Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) declined 3.18% or 2.96 points to end at 90.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 2.80% or 7.00 points to 243.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 14 and 12 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.42% or 0.21 to $50.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.05 to trade at $1257.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.03% to 10.8410, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.8165.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 97.59.