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 fell by 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:), which rose 5.94% or 5.70 points to trade at 101.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:) added 4.90% or 3.80 points to end at 81.30 and Cartier Saada (CSE:) rose 4.29% or 1.29 points to 31.39 in the late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salafin (CSE:), which fell 6.18% or 36.90 points to trade at 560.00 at the close. Ste Promotion Pharmaceutique du Maghreb SA (CSE:) fell 5.08% or 50.00 points to end at 934.00 and Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:) fell 3.64% or 18. 90 points to 500.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 20, with 9 ending unchanged.
July crude oil deliveries rose 0.13%, or 0.10, to $78.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for August delivery rose 0.23% or 0.19 to $82.11 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 16.70 to $2,343.30 per troy ounce.
EUR/MAD rose 0.46% to 10.71, while USD/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 9.95.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 1.25% to 103.88.