Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Food Producers & Processors and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Sonasid (CS:SOND), which rose 9.99% or 36 points to trade at 400 at the close. CTM (CS:CTM) added 3.57% or 23.00 points to end at 667.00 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was up 2.97% or 10.90 points to 377.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CS:PAP), which lost 8.55% or 2.82 points to trade at 30.16 in late trade. Timar (CS:TIM) declined 5.41% or 11.45 points to end at 200.05 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) shed 4.88% or 1.14 points to 22.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.77% or 1.47 to $51.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.63% or 1.47 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 6.75 to trade at $1209.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 10.6730, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 10.1199.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 102.10.