Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Distributors and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which rose 3.59% or 1.00 points to trade at 28.88 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 3.18% or 0.74 points to end at 23.99 and Label Vie (CS:LBV) was up 3.08% or 40 points to 1340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 5.98% or 13.10 points to trade at 205.80 in late trade. Afric Industries Sa (CS:AFIND) declined 5.97% or 19.00 points to end at 299.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) shed 5.92% or 1.64 points to 26.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $51.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $54.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.75 to trade at $1247.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.7150, while USD/MAD rose 0.13% to 10.0611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 100.62.