Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Distributors and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which rose 5.94% or 2.20 points to trade at 39.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Snep (CS:SNP) added 5.88% or 6.65 points to end at 119.65 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was up 5.74% or 8.80 points to 161.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hps (CS:HPS), which fell 5.99% or 28.60 points to trade at 448.40 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 5.83% or 5.54 points to end at 89.46 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was down 5.61% or 11.95 points to 213.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 19 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.25% or 1.08 to $49.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.45 to hit $53.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1095.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.10% to 10.8350, while USD/MAD rose 0.16% to 9.8085.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.95.