Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Real Estate and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.30% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.87% or 44 points to trade at 793 at the close. Meanwhile, Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) added 4.49% or 210 points to end at 4890 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 2.62% or 7.35 points to 287.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AFMA SA (CS:AFM), which fell 9.44% or 99 points to trade at 950 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) declined 7.30% or 5.83 points to end at 74.00 and CDM (CS:CDM) was down 5.98% or 34 points to 531.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.30% or 5.83 to 74.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.93% or 0.67 to $71.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.69% or 0.55 to hit $79.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 14.60 to trade at $1304.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 11.1080, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.4708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.63.