Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food Producers & Processors, Software & Computer Services and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.44% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cosumar (CS:CSMR), which rose 3.66% or 11 points to trade at 304 at the close. Meanwhile, Colorado (CS:COL) added 3.08% or 1.91 points to end at 63.91 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 3.06% or 6.60 points to 222.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which fell 5.07% or 2.30 points to trade at 43.05 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) declined 4.24% or 1.00 points to end at 22.60 and CTM (CS:CTM) was down 2.03% or 18.00 points to 870.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.06% or 6.60 to 222.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.61% or 1.70 to $45.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.12% or 1.55 to hit $48.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.96 to trade at $1222.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.9880, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 9.6918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.06.