Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Insurance and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.98% or 31 points to trade at 544 at the close. Meanwhile, Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 5.46% or 118 points to end at 2280 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) was up 5.03% or 8.00 points to 167.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CS:SMI), which fell 5.97% or 179 points to trade at 2820 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 4.87% or 228 points to end at 4450 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was down 4.07% or 25.00 points to 590.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) rose to all time highs; rising 5.46% or 118 to 2280.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1133.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.15% to 10.5980, while USD/MAD fell 0.23% to 10.1610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 103.00.