Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.10%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants&Leisure, Beverage and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.10%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE:SID), which rose 7.88% or 65.00 points to trade at 890.00 at the close. CDM (CSE:CDM) added 4.28% or 39.00 points to end at 950.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) was up 4.09% or 18.00 points to 458.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Risma (CSE:RIS), which lost 4.52% or 9.85 points to trade at 208.00 in late trade. Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM) declined 3.80% or 93.00 points to end at 2,352.00 and Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) shed 2.84% or 44.00 points to 1,506.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 19 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.25% or 0.86 to $69.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.14% or 0.82 to hit $72.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.95% or 54.70 to trade at $2,746.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.22% to 10.69, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 104.05.