Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Transport and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH), which rose 4.17% or 0.96 points to trade at 24.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 4.02% or 38 points to end at 970 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 3.40% or 5 points to 152 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which fell 6.00% or 7.50 points to trade at 117.55 at the close. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) declined 4.15% or 1.99 points to end at 46.00 and S2M (CS:S2M) was down 3.72% or 11.00 points to 285.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.01% or 1.34 to $67.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.76% or 1.26 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1354.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 11.3430, while USD/MAD fell 0.11% to 9.1565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.27.