Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were BMCI (CS:BMCI), which rose 6.18% or 39 points to trade at 670 at the close. Meanwhile, Hps (CS:HPS) added 5.14% or 73.00 points to end at 1493.00 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 4.63% or 6.50 points to 147.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which fell 5.59% or 1.52 points to trade at 25.67 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) declined 3.76% or 4.95 points to end at 126.65 and BCP (CS:BCP) was down 1.69% or 5.00 points to 290.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 15 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in BMCI (CS:BMCI) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.18% or 39 to 670.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.63% or 0.30 to $47.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.50% or 0.25 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.62 to trade at $1245.62 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.31% to 11.0900, while USD/MAD fell 0.68% to 9.5358.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 94.05.