Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Beverage, Banking and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.99% or 14.50 points to trade at 242.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) added 5.99% or 21.70 points to end at 383.70 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) was up 5.00% or 100 points to 2100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samir (CS:SAMI), which fell 4.69% or 7.75 points to trade at 157.25 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) declined 2.35% or 3 points to end at 138 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) was down 2.07% or 1.37 points to 64.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) rose to all time lows; up 5.99% or 14.50 to 242.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.80% or 1.60 to $58.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.20% or 1.43 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1210.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.73% to 10.8630, while USD/MAD fell 1.05% to 9.7243.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.37% at 94.87.