Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 1.91% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL), which rose 3.31% or 2.00 points to trade at 62.45 at the close. Meanwhile, BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 2.50% or 15 points to end at 616 and Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) was up 2.01% or 15.90 points to 805.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Snep (CS:SNP), which fell 9.90% or 38.10 points to trade at 346.90 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 9.60% or 12.95 points to end at 122.00 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 9.50% or 17 points to 162.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 34 to 7 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.40% or 0.75 to $54.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.18% or 0.66 to hit $56.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 16.95 to trade at $1250.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.15% to 10.6910, while USD/MAD fell 0.19% to 10.0935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 100.95.