Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 5.83% or 168 points to trade at 3048 at the close. Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) added 4.35% or 18.00 points to end at 432.00 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 4.23% or 199 points to 4899 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 8.12% or 8.50 points to trade at 96.20 in late trade. Alliances (CS:ADI) declined 7.73% or 9 points to end at 105 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) shed 5.99% or 6.23 points to 97.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $66.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.95% or 0.73 to hit $76.01 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.70 to trade at $1307.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.49% to 11.0760, while USD/MAD rose 0.84% to 9.5217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.00% at 94.50.