Morocco stocks higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.15%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Beverage , Invest Companies & Other Finance and Distributors sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD ), which rose 9.97% or 105.00 points to trade at 1,158.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM ) added 5.59% or 127.00 points to end at 2,397.00 and IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC ) was up 3.13% or 1.00 points to 33.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR ), which fell 5.40% or 2.51 points to trade at 43.99 at the close. Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR ) declined 4.81% or 5.30 points to end at 105.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO ) was down 2.60% or 1.39 points to 52.02.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 28 to 23 and 2 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $73.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 6.11 to trade at $2,674.01 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.32% to 10.48, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.02% to 9.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 106.31.

Source: Investing.com