Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Forestry & Paper and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 5.99% or 6.90 points to trade at 121.95 at the close. Taslif (CS:TSF1) added 5.96% or 2.34 points to end at 41.54 and CDM (CS:CDM) was up 5.00% or 25 points to 518 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonasid (CS:SOND), which lost 10.00% or 75 points to trade at 675 in late trade. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 5.84% or 6.90 points to end at 111.10 and Involys (CS:INV) shed 5.30% or 7.00 points to 125.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 17 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $43.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.41% or 15.60 to trade at $1123.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.55% to 10.8820, while USD/MAD fell 0.93% to 9.7102.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.24% at 96.03.