Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM), which rose 2.84% or 69 points to trade at 2500 at the close. Meanwhile, IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) added 2.32% or 2.55 points to end at 112.50 and Involys (CS:INV) was up 2.14% or 2.85 points to 135.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which fell 9.97% or 164 points to trade at 1481 at the close. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 5.99% or 29 points to end at 454 and Risma (CS:RIS) was down 4.62% or 5.45 points to 112.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 29 to 10 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.85% or 0.41 to $47.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.00% or 0.51 to hit $50.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1249.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.02% to 10.7760, while USD/MAD rose 0.03% to 9.9718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 99.41.