Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Distributors, Pharmaceutical Industry and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.45% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 5.68% or 104.00 points to trade at 1934.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 4.60% or 0.76 points to end at 17.28 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 2.86% or 30 points to 1080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which lost 9.99% or 3.87 points to trade at 34.85 in late trade. Label Vie (CS:LBV) declined 6.38% or 150 points to end at 2200 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) shed 4.89% or 239 points to 4651.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.54% or 1.05 to $67.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1302.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 11.0830, while USD/MAD fell 0.07% to 9.4940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.00.