Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CS:SLF), which rose 9.79% or 95 points to trade at 1065 at the close. Sothema (CS:SOT) added 5.96% or 93 points to end at 1654 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 4.79% or 22.50 points to 492.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Involys (CS:INV), which lost 7.52% or 8.95 points to trade at 110.05 in late trade. Atlanta (CS:ATL) declined 5.80% or 4.00 points to end at 65.00 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) shed 3.27% or 0.85 points to 25.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 17 and 2 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.29% or 0.90 to $68.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.06% or 0.83 to hit $77.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1201.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.16% to 10.9570, while USD/MAD fell 0.26% to 9.4200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.13.