Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 4.73% or 79.00 points to trade at 1750.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 1.94% or 0.95 points to end at 49.99 and Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) was up 1.52% or 15.00 points to 1000.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which fell 5.44% or 173 points to trade at 3006 at the close. S2M (CS:S2M) declined 4.74% or 13.95 points to end at 280.05 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was down 2.58% or 129 points to 4870.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.73% or 79.00 to 1750.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.27% or 0.17 to $64.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.50 to trade at $1330.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 11.3010, while USD/MAD fell 0.30% to 9.2315.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 90.27.