Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI), which rose 5.85% or 165 points to trade at 2985 at the close. Meanwhile, Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) added 5.61% or 69 points to end at 1299 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 1.81% or 3 points to 163 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which fell 9.98% or 4.64 points to trade at 41.86 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 4.20% or 191 points to end at 4359 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was down 3.33% or 5.00 points to 145.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.98% or 4.64 to 41.86.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.03% or 0.50 to $48.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.63% or 0.32 to hit $51.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.07 to trade at $1263.93 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.9360, while USD/MAD rose 0.16% to 9.7543.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.