Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Atlanta (CS:ATL), which rose 5.13% or 3.00 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) added 2.56% or 2.50 points to end at 100.00 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 2.38% or 12.00 points to 517.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 7.79% or 7.01 points to trade at 83.00 in late trade. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 5.99% or 34 points to end at 529 and Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) shed 5.16% or 160 points to 2940.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 9 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.32% or 1.67 to $70.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.42% or 1.16 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.20 to trade at $1227.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.15% to 10.9110, while USD/MAD rose 0.28% to 9.4636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 95.16.