Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Colorado (CS:COL), which rose 2.30% or 2.00 points to trade at 89.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 1.85% or 0.37 points to end at 20.37 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 1.79% or 4 points to 225 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 9.98% or 12.30 points to trade at 110.90 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) declined 4.76% or 10.70 points to end at 214.00 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was down 3.34% or 4.90 points to 142.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 17 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.39% or 0.24 to $61.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $65.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1330.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 11.3360, while USD/MAD rose 0.13% to 9.2066.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.81.