Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Telecoms and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.97% or 1.73 points to trade at 19.08 at the close. Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 6.00% or 112 points to end at 1979 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was up 2.71% or 0.54 points to 20.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 2.47% or 2 points to trade at 64 in late trade. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 1.75% or 18 points to end at 1012 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) shed 1.64% or 2.50 points to 149.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 13 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.84% or 1.33 to $48.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.85% or 0.92 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.52% or 7.05 to trade at $1355.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 10.9450, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.6646.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 94.30.