The SEMDEX parted with 0.4% to close at 2165.14 points, dragged by declines in several stocks.
ALTEO sank 6.0% to MUR 10.95, ASCENCIA slid 2.8% to MUR 17.50, MEDINE dipped 1.7% to MUR 57.00, MUA dropped 0.7% to MUR 70.25 and CIEL diminished 0.5% to MUR 7.56.
Conversely, SUN edged up 1.7% to MUR 47.00, ENL augmented 0.2% to MUR 20.10 and VIVO gained 0.1% to MUR 346.0.
The 2 banking stocks MCBG (unchanged at MUR 390.00 on MUR 12.1m value traded) and SBMH (unchanged at MUR 4.55 on MUR 1.3m value traded) attracted most of the trading interests.
Foreign activity was low with sales totalling MUR 1.2m compared to MUR 467k in purchases.