Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Food Producers & Processors and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which rose 9.99% or 36 points to trade at 400 at the close. Meanwhile, CTM (CS:CTM) added 3.57% or 23.00 points to end at 667.00 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was up 2.97% or 10.90 points to 377.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which fell 8.55% or 2.82 points to trade at 30.16 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) declined 5.41% or 11.45 points to end at 200.05 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was down 4.88% or 1.14 points to 22.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.79% or 1.48 to $51.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.63% or 1.47 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.65 to trade at $1209.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 10.6730, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 10.1199.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 102.10.