Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Beverage and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which rose 6.63% or 20 points to trade at 320 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 5.00% or 1.00 points to end at 21.00 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 3.41% or 3 points to 91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 9.09% or 10.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) declined 3.18% or 2.96 points to end at 90.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was down 2.80% or 7.00 points to 243.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 14 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CS:ADI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.41% or 3 to 91.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.42% or 0.21 to $50.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.05 to trade at $1257.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.03% to 10.8410, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.8165.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 97.59.