Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Transport and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which rose 9.98% or 29.95 points to trade at 329.95 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) added 5.86% or 11.95 points to end at 216.00 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 4.55% or 1.92 points to 44.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Involys (CS:INV), which lost 3.83% or 4.90 points to trade at 123.00 in late trade. Salafin (CS:SLF) declined 2.98% or 26 points to end at 862 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) shed 2.78% or 5.00 points to 175.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.88% or 2.35 to $45.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.91% or 1.96 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.15 to trade at $1293.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 10.9540, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 9.7265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.60.