Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.28% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 9.97% or 14.45 points to trade at 159.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) added 6.67% or 2.00 points to end at 32.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) was up 5.36% or 2.65 points to 52.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AFMA SA (CSE:AFM), which fell 3.23% or 40.00 points to trade at 1,200.00 at the close. Mutandis SCA (CSE:MUT) declined 2.32% or 6.25 points to end at 263.25 and Alliances (CSE:ADI) was down 1.54% or 4.00 points to 255.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 23 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.97% or 14.45 to 159.40. Shares in Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.36% or 2.65 to 52.10.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.35% or 0.27 to $77.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $81.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 20.35 to trade at $2,427.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.17% to 10.72, while USD/MAD rose 0.41% to 9.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.91.