Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CS:SLF), which rose 9.79% or 95 points to trade at 1065 at the close. Meanwhile, Sothema (CS:SOT) added 5.96% or 93 points to end at 1654 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 4.79% or 22.50 points to 492.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Involys (CS:INV), which fell 7.52% or 8.95 points to trade at 110.05 at the close. Atlanta (CS:ATL) declined 5.80% or 4.00 points to end at 65.00 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was down 3.27% or 0.85 points to 25.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 17 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Involys (CS:INV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.52% or 8.95 to 110.05. Shares in Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) fell to all time lows; down 3.27% or 0.85 to 25.15.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.32% or 0.92 to $68.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.06% or 0.83 to hit $77.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1201.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.16% to 10.9570, while USD/MAD fell 0.26% to 9.4200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 95.12.