Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Food Producers & Processors and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Involys (CS:INV), which rose 5.37% or 7.80 points to trade at 152.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) added 3.39% or 52 points to end at 1588 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) was up 2.87% or 6.95 points to 248.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were S2M (CS:S2M), which fell 6.67% or 19.00 points to trade at 266.00 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) declined 6.56% or 16.00 points to end at 228.00 and SMI (CS:SMI) was down 5.99% or 197 points to 3092.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.39% or 52 to 1588.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.92% or 0.44 to $48.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.98% or 0.51 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1293.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.22% to 11.1180, while USD/MAD fell 0.55% to 9.4203.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.17.