Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Software & Computer Services and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 8.20% or 1.50 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) added 2.72% or 2.46 points to end at 92.96 and Managem (CS:MNG) was up 1.88% or 15 points to 815 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI), which lost 5.95% or 125 points to trade at 1975 in late trade. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) declined 4.76% or 1.00 points to end at 20.00 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) shed 3.90% or 1.85 points to 45.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.42% or 0.72 to $50.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.20% or 0.63 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1253.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.8340, while USD/MAD rose 0.31% to 9.8412.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.88.