Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities , Banking and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CSE: CRS ), which rose 5.40% or 2.06 points to trade at 40.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE: SOT ) added 4.88% or 74.00 points to end at 1,589.00 and Disway SA (CSE: DWY ) was up 4.73% or 35.00 points to 775.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Involys (CSE: INV ), which fell 9.98% or 16.70 points to trade at 150.65 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CSE: WAA ) declined 8.15% or 440.00 points to end at 4,960.00 and Salafin (CSE: SLF ) was down 6.10% or 39.00 points to 600.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 35 to 20 and 5 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.23% or 0.16 to $68.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $70.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $3,316.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.22% to 10.54, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.03% to 9.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.22.