Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 5.93% or 176 points to trade at 3143 at the close. Meanwhile, Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) added 4.70% or 8.50 points to end at 189.30 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 1.83% or 3.95 points to 220.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Snep (CS:SNP), which fell 6.98% or 45.00 points to trade at 600.00 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) declined 5.74% or 1.51 points to end at 24.80 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was down 5.51% or 67 points to 1150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 9 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.93% or 176 to 3143.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.31% or 0.18 to $57.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $62.35 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 8.76 to trade at $1273.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.22% to 11.1920, while USD/MAD fell 0.22% to 9.4054.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 92.98.