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 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the were IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:), which rose 6.58% or 2.10 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:) added 5.99% or 10.00 points to end at 177.00 and Balima (CSE:) was up 5.98% or 13.25 points to 234.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:), which fell 4.54% or 1.59 points to trade at 33.40 at the close. Fenie Brossette (CSE:) declined 2.91% or 3.00 points to end at 100.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:) was down 2.80% or 38.00 points to 1,320.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 21 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.16% or 0.13 to $80.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $84.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 17.50 to trade at $2,313.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.55% to 10.60, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.05% to 9.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 105.71.
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