Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CS:CTM), which rose 4.95% or 21.00 points to trade at 445.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 4.14% or 3.40 points to end at 85.40 and Colorado (CS:COL) was up 2.75% or 2.00 points to 74.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CGI (CS:CGI), which fell 9.93% or 64 points to trade at 580 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) declined 5.71% or 8.00 points to end at 140.00 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was down 5.65% or 46 points to 768.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 20 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTM (CS:CTM) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.95% or 21.00 to 445.00. Shares in CGI (CS:CGI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.93% or 64 to 580.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.65% or 0.84 to $50.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.90% or 0.52 to hit $56.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.06% or 11.70 to trade at $1091.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.14% to 10.7610, while USD/MAD rose 0.38% to 9.8845.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 97.91.