Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Construction & Building Materials and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.75% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Atlanta (CS:ATL), which rose 9.09% or 4.91 points to trade at 58.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Risma (CS:RIS) added 6.47% or 11.00 points to end at 181.00 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 5.63% or 90 points to 1690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 9.97% or 15.35 points to trade at 138.60 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 2.88% or 9.00 points to end at 304.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 2.05% or 0.69 points to 33.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlanta (CS:ATL) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.09% or 4.91 to 58.90. Shares in Risma (CS:RIS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.47% or 11.00 to 181.00. Shares in Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.63% or 90 to 1690.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.58% or 0.76 to $48.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.18% or 0.64 to hit $54.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 5.09 to trade at $1327.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.28% to 11.1440, while USD/MAD rose 0.41% to 9.3772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 92.41.