Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction & Building Materials, Distributors and Holding Companies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Disway SA (CS:DWY), which rose 4.94% or 21.00 points to trade at 446.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) added 1.78% or 2.75 points to end at 157.00 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) was up 1.09% or 0.25 points to 23.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which fell 3.54% or 59 points to trade at 1610 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) declined 3.01% or 5.00 points to end at 161.00 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 2.89% or 7.15 points to 240.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Disway SA (CS:DWY) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.94% or 21.00 to 446.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $54.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $60.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.28 to trade at $1277.02 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 11.0680, while USD/MAD fell 0.25% to 9.4887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.61.