Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Utilities and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC), which rose 6.58% or 2.10 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:S2M) added 5.99% or 10.00 points to end at 177.00 and Balima (CSE:BAL) 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:STR), which fell 4.54% or 1.59 points to trade at 33.40 at the close. Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) declined 2.91% or 3.00 points to end at 100.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) 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.