Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Construction & Building Materials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 1.67% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 4.05% or 4.90 points to trade at 125.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) added 3.11% or 45 points to end at 1490 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 3.07% or 0.89 points to 29.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which fell 7.04% or 1.65 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) declined 6.05% or 139 points to end at 2160 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was down 5.94% or 278 points to 4403.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 9 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.31% or 0.65 to $50.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.40 to hit $52.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 7.65 to trade at $1246.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 10.7440, while USD/MAD rose 0.24% to 10.0200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 100.19.