Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which rose 6.00% or 2.40 points to trade at 42.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) added 6.00% or 132 points to end at 2332 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) was up 6.00% or 1.38 points to 24.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Managem (CS:MNG), which fell 5.82% or 46 points to trade at 748 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) declined 4.41% or 6.00 points to end at 130.00 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was down 3.87% or 17 points to 420.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.63% or 1.26 to $49.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.56% or 1.26 to hit $50.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.75% or 9.85 to trade at $1327.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 10.8620, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.7892.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.87.