Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction & Building Materials, Holding Companies and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.73% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CS:SLF), which rose 5.56% or 50 points to trade at 950 at the close. Sonasid (CS:SOND) added 4.85% or 32 points to end at 692 and Involys (CS:INV) was up 4.29% or 6.00 points to 146.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 10.00% or 23 points to trade at 207 in late trade. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) declined 9.59% or 5.33 points to end at 50.25 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) shed 6.14% or 8.90 points to 136.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 14 and 11 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.67% or 0.87 to $51.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.32% or 0.76 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.01 to trade at $1290.81 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 11.1080, while USD/MAD fell 0.25% to 9.4237.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.98.