Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Invest Companies & Other Finance, Food Producers & Processors and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.97% or 15 points to trade at 170 at the close. Meanwhile, Risma (CS:RIS) added 9.62% or 13.95 points to end at 159.00 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 6.52% or 1.50 points to 24.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salafin (CS:SLF), which fell 5.66% or 60 points to trade at 1000 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) declined 3.85% or 3.20 points to end at 80.00 and Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) was down 3.51% or 8.00 points to 220.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.85% or 3.20 to 80.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.33 to $63.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 10.80 to trade at $1329.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.15% to 11.3060, while USD/MAD rose 0.19% to 9.2386.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 90.17.