Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which rose 2.55% or 7.40 points to trade at 297.40 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 1.39% or 0.33 points to end at 24.00 and Cosumar (CS:CSMR) was up 1.33% or 4 points to 298 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 7.74% or 16.95 points to trade at 202.00 in late trade. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) declined 7.69% or 11.00 points to end at 132.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) shed 6.58% or 2.04 points to 28.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 17 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.60% or 1.63 to $60.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.37% or 1.56 to hit $64.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.70 to trade at $1326.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 11.3600, while USD/MAD rose 0.05% to 9.1664.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.65.