Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Beverage, Distributors and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ib Maroc.Com (CS:IBMC), which rose 5.92% or 6.40 points to trade at 114.40 at the close. Disway (CS:DWAY) added 5.85% or 9.95 points to end at 179.95 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 5.31% or 5.85 points to 116.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included S2M (CS:S2M), which lost 4.61% or 9.00 points to trade at 186.00 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 3.40% or 21 points to end at 599 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) shed 2.78% or 0.46 points to 16.04.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 5.23% or 2.33 to $46.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 4.07% or 1.95 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.73% or 19.10 to trade at $1121.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 10.9260, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.6681.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 95.42.