Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Holding Companies and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which rose 5.80% or 2.00 points to trade at 36.50 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) added 5.00% or 81 points to end at 1700 and Managem (CS:MNG) was up 4.92% or 74 points to 1579 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lydec (CS:LYD), which lost 5.32% or 32.00 points to trade at 570.00 in late trade. Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) declined 5.00% or 1.00 points to end at 19.01 and Alliances (CS:ADI) shed 3.98% or 4 points to 105.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.12% or 2.20 to $72.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.98% or 1.51 to hit $77.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1255.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.23% to 11.0520, while USD/MAD rose 0.33% to 9.5430.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 94.83.