Morocco stocks lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.34%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants&Leisure, Holding Companies and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 9.92% or 47.00 points to trade at 521.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMI (CSE:SMI) added 2.90% or 61.00 points to end at 2,161.00 and Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) was up 2.40% or 15.00 points to 640.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC), which fell 7.34% or 3.01 points to trade at 38.00 at the close. Risma (CSE:RIS) declined 2.53% or 6.00 points to end at 231.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) was down 2.36% or 1.18 points to 48.78.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 18 and 8 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $70.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.05 to trade at $2,526.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.21% to 10.79, while USD/MAD rose 0.07% to 9.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 101.30.