Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Banking and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 5.93% or 0.98 points to trade at 17.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) added 4.83% or 5.90 points to end at 127.85 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was up 4.00% or 4.00 points to 104.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jet Contractors (CS:JET), which fell 4.86% or 10.40 points to trade at 203.50 at the close. BCP (CS:BCP) declined 2.41% or 5.55 points to end at 223.85 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 2.21% or 0.61 points to 26.99.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.45% or 1.06 to $42.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.47% or 0.74 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.73% or 8.20 to trade at $1115.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 10.8610, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 9.7465.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.48.