Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Utilities and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which rose 4.49% or 8.90 points to trade at 207.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 4.12% or 0.91 points to end at 23.00 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 2.36% or 2.65 points to 114.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which fell 3.25% or 47 points to trade at 1400 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 2.56% or 8.00 points to end at 305.00 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was down 2.45% or 27 points to 1073.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 4.35% or 2.08 to $45.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.04% or 2.05 to hit $48.74 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.40% or 17.45 to trade at $1231.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.31% to 10.8430, while USD/MAD fell 0.51% to 9.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 98.65.