Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Real Estate and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which rose 5.53% or 72 points to trade at 1375 at the close. AFMA SA (CS:AFM) added 4.93% or 46 points to end at 980 and Involys (CS:INV) was up 3.36% or 4.00 points to 123.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 5.99% or 13.05 points to trade at 204.80 in late trade. Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) declined 5.97% or 179 points to end at 2820 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) shed 2.84% or 39 points to 1335.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.42% or 0.21 to $49.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.29 to trade at $1263.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.19% to 10.8060, while USD/MAD rose 0.37% to 9.9381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 99.12.