Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Distributors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 5.99% or 8.40 points to trade at 148.65 at the close. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) added 5.57% or 7.85 points to end at 148.85 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 3.36% or 50 points to 1540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 4.18% or 4 points to trade at 99 in late trade. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 2.98% or 18.60 points to end at 605.00 and CIH (CS:CIH) shed 2.98% or 8.95 points to 291.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.51% or 0.33 to $65.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.76% or 0.54 to hit $71.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1183.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 10.8790, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.5714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.55.