Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Managem (CS:MNG), which rose 7.14% or 50 points to trade at 750 at the close. Meanwhile, Disway SA (CS:DWY) added 5.24% or 13.90 points to end at 278.90 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 4.86% or 0.65 points to 14.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Snep (CS:SNP), which fell 2.70% or 1.99 points to trade at 71.50 at the close. SMI (CS:SMI) declined 2.69% or 66 points to end at 2382 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was down 2.22% or 1.00 points to 44.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Disway SA (CS:DWY) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.24% or 13.90 to 278.90.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.74% or 0.31 to $41.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.85% or 0.38 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.98% or 12.40 to trade at $1248.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.32% to 10.9340, while USD/MAD rose 0.52% to 9.6875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 94.72.