Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Real Estate and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which rose 5.97% or 179 points to trade at 3179 at the close. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) added 4.50% or 5.85 points to end at 135.95 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was up 2.90% or 45 points to 1595 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which lost 5.98% or 8.85 points to trade at 139.25 in late trade. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 3.13% or 54.00 points to end at 1671.00 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) shed 2.56% or 25 points to 950.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 20 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.35% or 0.22 to $63.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.12% to 11.2950, while USD/MAD rose 0.04% to 9.2299.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.36.