Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Building Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 6.95% or 1.39 points to trade at 21.39 at the close. Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) added 5.71% or 80 points to end at 1480 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 5.26% or 80 points to 1600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which lost 7.41% or 2.55 points to trade at 31.85 in late trade. CTM (CS:CTM) declined 4.64% or 40.80 points to end at 839.20 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) shed 2.99% or 0.79 points to 25.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 20 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.47% or 0.34 to $71.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $81.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.20 to trade at $1200.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 10.9920, while USD/MAD rose 0.05% to 9.3524.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.79.