Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 7.93% or 23.00 points to trade at 313.00 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) added 6.69% or 8.20 points to end at 130.80 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 5.99% or 1.17 points to 20.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eqdom (CS:EQDM), which lost 5.97% or 56 points to trade at 874 in late trade. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 3.29% or 5.65 points to end at 166.10 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) shed 2.96% or 3.30 points to 108.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 8.53% or 3.86 to $49.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 8.85% or 4.19 to hit $51.51 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.28% or 15.25 to trade at $1175.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.50% to 10.6580, while USD/MAD rose 0.18% to 10.0759.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 101.69.