Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CIH (CS:CIH), which rose 4.36% or 12.00 points to trade at 287.00 at the close. CTM (CS:CTM) added 2.62% or 25.00 points to end at 980.00 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) was up 1.99% or 33.0 points to 1694.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 7.47% or 22 points to trade at 270 in late trade. Involys (CS:INV) declined 6.44% or 9.95 points to end at 144.55 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) shed 5.68% or 8.40 points to 139.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 35 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.92% or 0.96 to $50.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.90% or 1.05 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.14 to trade at $1316.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.04% to 11.1880, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.3205.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 91.48.