Investing.com – Stocks in Morocco were lower after Wednesday’s close as losses in the , and sectors dragged shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the price lost 0.16%, hitting a new one-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Ste de Travaux de Realization d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:), which rose 4.19% or 1.80 points to trade at 44.80 at the close. Meanwhile, IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:) added 2.88% or 0.95 points to end at 33.95 and Cartier Saada (CSE:) rose 2.79% or 0.95 points to 34.95 in the late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CSE:), which fell 4.08% or 84.00 points to trade at 1,975.00 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CSE:) fell 3.33% or 50.00 points to end at 1,450.00 and Delta Holding SA (CSE:) fell 3.19% or 1.70 points to 51.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 16, with 7 ending unchanged.
Crude oil for February fell 0.09%, or 0.06, to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for March delivery rose 1.24% or 0.90 to $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 per troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.48, while USD/MAD fell 0.10% to 10.07.
US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.18% at 108.00.
