Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 5.33% or 8.00 points to trade at 158.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 5.07% or 1.13 points to end at 23.40 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 4.82% or 6.35 points to 138.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which fell 9.99% or 20.65 points to trade at 186.10 at the close. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 7.51% or 68.00 points to end at 837.00 and Timar (CS:TIM) was down 5.86% or 12.45 points to 200.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.25% or 0.12 to $48.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.32% or 27.80 to trade at $1228.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.7480, while USD/MAD fell 0.07% to 10.0134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.20.