Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Real Estate and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.98% or 3.21 points to trade at 35.38 at the close. Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) added 5.97% or 8.10 points to end at 143.70 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was up 4.17% or 6.00 points to 150.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taslif (CS:TSF1), which lost 3.58% or 0.86 points to trade at 23.18 in late trade. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 2.88% or 18.00 points to end at 607.00 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) shed 1.77% or 14 points to 756.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.09% or 1.19 to $58.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.94% or 0.59 to hit $63.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 9.46 to trade at $1291.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.17% to 11.1200, while USD/MAD fell 0.32% to 9.4266.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 93.44.