Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Distributors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 5.99% or 8.40 points to trade at 148.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) added 5.57% or 7.85 points to end at 148.85 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 3.36% or 50 points to 1540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 4.18% or 4 points to trade at 99 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 2.98% or 18.60 points to end at 605.00 and CIH (CS:CIH) was down 2.98% or 8.95 points to 291.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.51% or 0.33 to $65.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.73% or 0.52 to hit $71.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1184.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.8790, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.5715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.55.