Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.03%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport , Pharmaceutical Industry and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CSE:CTM ), which rose 8.66% or 55.00 points to trade at 690.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE:SOT ) added 5.87% or 54.00 points to end at 974.00 and Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC ) was up 2.89% or 18.00 points to 640.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR ), which fell 6.19% or 6.80 points to trade at 103.00 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CSE:TMA ) declined 3.16% or 49.00 points to end at 1,500.00 and Atlanta (CSE:ATL ) was down 2.58% or 3.40 points to 128.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 18 and 5 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.56% or 1.07 to $69.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.22% or 0.88 to hit $73.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 34.49 to trade at $2,752.89 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.60% to 10.47, while USD/MAD fell 0.49% to 9.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.19.

Source: Investing.com