Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM), which rose 2.67% or 21.10 points to trade at 811.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Cosumar (CS:CSMR) added 2.31% or 9 points to end at 398 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 2.17% or 30 points to 1410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lydec (CS:LYD), which fell 3.13% or 19.40 points to trade at 600.00 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) declined 2.70% or 2.50 points to end at 90.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 2.39% or 0.76 points to 31.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 16 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.72% or 1.73 to $44.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.63% or 1.77 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.23 to trade at $1276.83 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.24% to 10.9610, while USD/MAD fell 0.36% to 9.7190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.50.