Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.50% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which rose 4.88% or 0.93 points to trade at 20.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CDM (CS:CDM) added 4.35% or 20 points to end at 480 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) was up 4.09% or 42.0 points to 1070.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE), which fell 3.80% or 15.00 points to trade at 380.00 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 3.74% or 1.71 points to end at 44.00 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was down 3.63% or 3.62 points to 96.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.09% or 1.44 to $45.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.07% or 1.48 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.39% or 17.95 to trade at $1305.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 10.8700, while USD/MAD fell 0.50% to 9.7786.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 97.23.