Investing.com – Stocks in Morocco were lower after Thursday’s close as losses in the , and sectors dragged shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the price fell by 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:) rose 4.02% or 10.90 points to 281.90 in late trading.
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:) fell 6.18% or 135.00 points to end at 2,050.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:) fell 5.53% or 0.91 points to 15.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 17, with 9 ending unchanged.
January crude oil deliveries rose 0.26%, or 0.18, to $68.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for February delivery rose 0.37%, or 0.27, to $72.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04%, or 1.00, to $2,665. 80 per troy ounce.
EUR/MAD rose 0.09% to 10.56, while USD/MAD fell 0.19% to 10.01.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.09% to 106.14.
