Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Beverage and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 5.49% or 5.00 points to trade at 96.00 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) added 3.72% or 2.98 points to end at 83.00 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) was up 3.47% or 5.00 points to 149.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CS:PAP), which lost 9.95% or 2.09 points to trade at 18.91 in late trade. Sothema (CS:SOT) declined 5.95% or 82 points to end at 1295 and CIH (CS:CIH) shed 1.05% or 2.90 points to 272.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.25% or 0.56 to $45.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.29% or 0.61 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 5.05 to trade at $1348.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.9140, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.7151.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.01.