Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which rose 5.19% or 80 points to trade at 1620 at the close. Meanwhile, BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 2.55% or 24 points to end at 964 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) was up 2.38% or 2.90 points to 125.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which fell 9.86% or 3.40 points to trade at 31.10 at the close. Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) declined 4.76% or 65 points to end at 1300 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 4.39% or 7.35 points to 160.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 15 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.76% or 65 to 1300. Shares in Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.39% or 7.35 to 160.10.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.66% or 0.43 to $65.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.52% or 0.39 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1275.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.02% to 11.0600, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.5445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.70.