Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Utilities and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU), which rose 2.41% or 3.95 points to trade at 167.95 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 1.78% or 0.90 points to end at 51.50 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 1.46% or 2.10 points to 146.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Involys (CS:INV), which lost 4.97% or 7.40 points to trade at 141.50 in late trade. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) declined 3.76% or 0.95 points to end at 24.30 and Snep (CS:SNP) shed 2.49% or 16.90 points to 661.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.66% or 0.37 to $55.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.53% or 0.33 to hit $61.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.64 to trade at $1278.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 11.1140, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.4215.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.74.