Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.99% or 27.90 points to trade at 307.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 6.29% or 9.00 points to end at 152.00 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 5.98% or 12.85 points to 227.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which fell 5.99% or 67 points to trade at 1051 at the close. Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) declined 5.38% or 70 points to end at 1230 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 2.24% or 3.45 points to 150.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.58% or 0.30 to $52.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.56% or 0.31 to hit $55.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.85 to trade at $1243.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.7390, while USD/MAD fell 0.13% to 10.0314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.11.