Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Transport and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were S2M (CSE:S2M), which rose 9.32% or 21.90 points to trade at 256.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Involys (CSE:INV) added 5.04% or 4.89 points to end at 101.95 and Sanlam Maroc SA (CSE:SAH) was up 2.45% or 46.00 points to 1,926.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX), which fell 9.94% or 24.85 points to trade at 225.10 at the close. AFMA SA (CSE:AFM) declined 6.06% or 72.00 points to end at 1,117.00 and Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) was down 3.00% or 19.00 points to 615.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 23 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in AFMA SA (CSE:AFM) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.06% or 72.00 to 1,117.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.57% or 1.08 to $69.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.46% or 1.06 to hit $73.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 17.70 to trade at $2,669.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.21% to 10.52, while USD/MAD rose 0.06% to 10.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.43.
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