Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which rose 9.87% or 15.05 points to trade at 167.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Sothema (CS:SOT) added 5.98% or 70 points to end at 1240 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) was up 5.94% or 94 points to 1676 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which fell 9.74% or 1.94 points to trade at 17.96 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) declined 5.11% or 45 points to end at 835 and Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) was down 3.76% or 4.90 points to 125.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.90% or 0.84 to $43.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.14% or 0.98 to hit $44.82 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1252.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.9310, while USD/MAD fell 0.03% to 9.6795.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.58.