Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Insurance and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which rose 5.96% or 16.40 points to trade at 291.40 at the close. Salafin (CS:SLF) added 5.87% or 61 points to end at 1100 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was up 4.23% or 3.00 points to 74.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which lost 4.98% or 14.95 points to trade at 285.00 in late trade. Timar (CS:TIM) declined 4.18% or 10.00 points to end at 229.00 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) shed 3.89% or 190 points to 4700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 14 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.54% or 0.36 to $66.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.74 to hit $76.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1302.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 11.1320, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.4405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.54.