Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 5.46% or 23.30 points to trade at 449.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) added 3.23% or 50.00 points to end at 1,599.00 and Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) was up 3.13% or 36.00 points to 1,186.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI), which fell 6.02% or 36.00 points to trade at 560.00 at the close. Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS) declined 5.47% or 1.98 points to end at 34.25 and SMI (CSE:SMI) was down 3.00% or 65.00 points to 2,105.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) rose to all time highs; rising 3.23% or 50.00 to 1,599.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.90% or 0.66 to $72.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.06% or 0.82 to hit $76.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.90 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 10.76, while USD/MAD rose 0.06% to 9.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.53.