Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the lost 0.16% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:), which rose 4.19% or 1.80 points to trade at 44.80 at the close. Meanwhile, IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:) added 2.88% or 0.95 points to end at 33.95 and Cartier Saada (CSE:) was up 2.79% or 0.95 points to 34.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CSE:), which fell 4.08% or 84.00 points to trade at 1,975.00 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CSE:) declined 3.33% or 50.00 points to end at 1,450.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CSE:) was down 3.19% or 1.70 points to 51.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.48, while USD/MAD fell 0.10% to 10.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.
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