Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.11% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 9.99% or 42.95 points to trade at 472.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) added 5.09% or 229 points to end at 4729 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 4.72% or 26.90 points to 596.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which fell 9.94% or 169 points to trade at 1531 at the close. Disway SA (CS:DWY) declined 7.13% or 32.35 points to end at 421.05 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 5.99% or 9.70 points to 152.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) fell to all time lows; down 5.99% or 9.70 to 152.30.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.18% or 0.86 to $73.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $77.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1251.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.07% to 11.0530, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.5382.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.89.