Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 1.25% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS), which rose 9.99% or 8.14 points to trade at 89.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI) added 6.45% or 40.00 points to end at 660.00 and Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA) was up 5.86% or 254.00 points to 4,590.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colorado (CSE:COL), which fell 2.43% or 1.46 points to trade at 58.54 at the close. Disty Technologies SA (CSE:DYT) declined 2.14% or 7.00 points to end at 320.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) was down 1.92% or 7.90 points to 403.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 38 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.45% or 40.00 to 660.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.13% or 0.10 to $74.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 14.49 to trade at $2,679.89 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.53% to 10.36, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 10.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 108.93.