Morocco stocks lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.09%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the declined 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:), which rose 6.19% or 14.00 points to trade at 240.00 at the close. Meanwhile, M2M Group (CSE:) added 5.36% or 28.00 points to end at 550.00 and S2M (CSE:) was up 4.02% or 10.90 points to 281.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:), which fell 7.36% or 180.00 points to trade at 2,266.00 at the close. SMI (CSE:) declined 6.18% or 135.00 points to end at 2,050.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:) was down 5.53% or 0.91 points to 15.56.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 17 and 9 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.26% or 0.18 to $68.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 1.00 to trade at $2,665.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.56, while USD/MAD fell 0.19% to 10.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.14.