Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Hall (CS:AUTO), which rose 4.13% or 4.75 points to trade at 119.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Med Paper (CS:PAP) added 3.84% or 0.70 points to end at 18.91 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was up 3.78% or 10.90 points to 298.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM), which fell 2.47% or 17.50 points to trade at 691.00 at the close. Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) declined 1.59% or 17 points to end at 1055 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 1.23% or 0.25 points to 20.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.13% or 4.75 to 119.75.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.04% or 0.91 to $45.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.32% or 1.08 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.45% or 6.05 to trade at $1324.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.9100, while USD/MAD rose 0.09% to 9.7330.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.48.