Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.01%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals , Forestry & Paper and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS: TSF1 ), which rose 5.97% or 1.32 points to trade at 23.42 at the close. Miniere Touissit (CS: CMT ) added 4.11% or 54 points to end at 1369 and Alliances (CS: ADI ) was unchanged 0.38% or 0 points to 78 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Stroc Industrie (CS: STR ), which lost 6.02% or 1.60 points to trade at 25.00 in late trade. Afric Industries Sa (CS: AFIND ) declined 5.98% or 17.10 points to end at 268.90 and Disway SA (CS: DWY ) shed 4.26% or 12.00 points to 270.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.84% or 2.41 to $52.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 4.16% or 2.44 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.00 to trade at $1289.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.29% to 10.8970, while USD/MAD fell 0.42% to 9.4575.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 94.958.