Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Construction & Building Materials and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.34% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CDM (CS:CDM), which rose 5.89% or 25 points to trade at 449 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 3.63% or 1.60 points to end at 45.60 and Ennakl (CS:NAKL) was up 3.15% or 1.20 points to 39.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which lost 6.00% or 90 points to trade at 1410 in late trade. CIH (CS:CIH) declined 5.31% or 15.50 points to end at 276.00 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) shed 3.36% or 35 points to 1005.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 17 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.08% or 1.29 to $40.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.76% or 1.23 to hit $43.22 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.93% or 9.90 to trade at $1053.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.18% to 10.6560, while USD/MAD rose 0.43% to 10.0810.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 100.39.