Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.64% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CIH (CSE:CIH), which rose 6.17% or 25.00 points to trade at 430.00 at the close. CFG Bank SA (CSE:CFG) added 5.28% or 9.50 points to end at 189.50 and Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) was up 5.05% or 2.79 points to 58.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Colorado (CSE:COL), which lost 2.46% or 1.27 points to trade at 50.31 in late trade. Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS) declined 1.80% or 0.68 points to end at 37.11 and Bmce Bank (CSE:BOA) shed 1.77% or 3.45 points to 191.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 21 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $69.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 5.85 to trade at $2,598.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.83, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 100.56.