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 Pharmaceutical Industry , Oil & Gas and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.01% to hit a new 3-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS: DLM ), which rose 5.95% or 9.70 points to trade at 172.70 at the close. Alliances (CS: ADI ) added 4.91% or 6 points to end at 123 and Atlanta (CS: ATL ) was up 3.40% or 2.60 points to 79.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Total Maroc SA (CS: TMA ), which lost 4.93% or 83.0 points to trade at 1600.0 in late trade. Sothema (CS: SOT ) declined 4.37% or 80 points to end at 1750 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS: SRM ) shed 3.75% or 10.60 points to 272.10.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.32% or 1.55 to $68.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.64% or 1.99 to hit $77.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1301.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.44% to 11.0850, while USD/MAD fell 0.65% to 9.5050.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 94.06.