Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.34%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants&Leisure, Holding Companies and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 9.92% or 47.00 points to trade at 521.00 at the close. SMI (CSE:SMI) added 2.90% or 61.00 points to end at 2,161.00 and Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) was up 2.40% or 15.00 points to 640.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC), which lost 7.34% or 3.01 points to trade at 38.00 in late trade. Risma (CSE:RIS) declined 2.53% or 6.00 points to end at 231.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) shed 2.36% or 1.18 points to 48.78.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 18 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $70.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 4.10 to trade at $2,527.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.21% to 10.79, while USD/MAD rose 0.07% to 9.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 101.31.