Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Beverage and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS), which rose 9.97% or 3.34 points to trade at 36.84 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) added 9.97% or 3.19 points to end at 35.19 and S2M (CSE:S2M) was up 9.31% or 22.15 points to 260.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CSE:MDP), which lost 6.17% or 1.45 points to trade at 22.06 in late trade. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) declined 5.66% or 0.96 points to end at 15.99 and Salafin (CSE:SLF) shed 3.13% or 17.80 points to 550.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 33 to 23 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.12% or 0.09 to $75.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.32% or 0.25 to hit $78.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 11.65 to trade at $2,541.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.17% to 10.75, while USD/MAD rose 0.18% to 9.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 100.89.