Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which rose 7.08% or 12.75 points to trade at 192.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 4.09% or 0.87 points to end at 22.12 and CDM (CS:CDM) was up 3.33% or 15 points to 465 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unimer (CS:UMR), which fell 5.87% or 10.20 points to trade at 163.60 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) declined 4.03% or 5.80 points to end at 138.20 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was down 1.88% or 0.59 points to 30.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.19% or 0.58 to $49.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.39% or 0.72 to hit $52.37 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.66% or 20.57 to trade at $1256.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 10.9060, while USD/MAD fell 0.30% to 9.7949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 97.54.