Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Chemicals and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 3.25% or 96 points to trade at 3050 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) added 2.05% or 37.0 points to end at 1839.0 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 2.02% or 4.95 points to 249.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonasid (CS:SOND), which lost 7.88% or 59 points to trade at 690 in late trade. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 7.50% or 12.00 points to end at 148.00 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) shed 5.99% or 9.70 points to 152.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 32 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.46% or 1.42 to $56.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.12% or 1.33 to hit $61.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1266.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.17% to 11.1460, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.4506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.59.