Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food Producers & Processors, Mining and Holding Companies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cosumar (CS:CSMR), which rose 9.98% or 24 points to trade at 264 at the close. Meanwhile, M2M Group (CS:M2M) added 6.54% or 18.30 points to end at 298.30 and Managem (CS:MNG) was up 5.07% or 42 points to 870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eqdom (CS:EQDM), which fell 5.80% or 58 points to trade at 942 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 3.63% or 3.70 points to end at 98.30 and Snep (CS:SNP) was down 3.19% or 3.00 points to 91.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cosumar (CS:CSMR) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.98% or 24 to 264. Shares in Risma (CS:RIS) fell to all time lows; down 3.63% or 3.70 to 98.30.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.51% or 0.68 to $45.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.43% or 0.66 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.66% or 8.35 to trade at $1282.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.46% to 10.8060, while USD/MAD rose 0.38% to 9.8697.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 98.29.