Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Construction & Building Materials and Holding Companies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Jet Contractors (CS:JET), which rose 9.99% or 24.95 points to trade at 274.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) added 4.82% or 227 points to end at 4938 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was up 2.33% or 25 points to 1100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Risma (CS:RIS), which fell 9.98% or 14.65 points to trade at 132.10 at the close. LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) declined 9.97% or 208 points to end at 1879 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 6.46% or 16 points to 230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jet Contractors (CS:JET) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.99% or 24.95 to 274.75.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.46% or 0.24 to $52.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.64% or 0.37 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.00% or 12.96 to trade at $1288.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.13% to 11.1000, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.4460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.17.