Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Real Estate and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.95% or 2.19 points to trade at 24.19 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 6.87% or 1.67 points to end at 25.97 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 2.05% or 3.00 points to 149.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which lost 5.88% or 47 points to trade at 753 in late trade. Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) declined 5.24% or 7.50 points to end at 135.50 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) shed 4.68% or 7.90 points to 161.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.31 to $55.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1280.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.03% to 11.1120, while USD/MAD rose 0.04% to 9.4299.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.