Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Distributors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.15% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 6.04% or 1.25 points to trade at 21.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Hps (CS:HPS) added 4.94% or 114.00 points to end at 2420.00 and Colorado (CS:COL) was up 2.94% or 2.00 points to 70.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which fell 5.56% or 5.00 points to trade at 85.00 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) declined 3.00% or 9.80 points to end at 317.00 and Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) was down 2.88% or 4.30 points to 145.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 12 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to all time highs; rising 4.94% or 114.00 to 2420.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.74% or 1.79 to $63.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.43% or 2.59 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.94% or 23.50 to trade at $1235.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.27% to 10.8500, while USD/MAD fell 0.63% to 9.5110.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.84% at 96.09.