Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Distributors and Holding Companies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Samir (CS:SAMI), which rose 10.00% or 15.60 points to trade at 171.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) added 5.99% or 66 points to end at 1167 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) was up 5.97% or 1.56 points to 27.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which fell 5.51% or 12.95 points to trade at 222.05 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 4.86% or 10.90 points to end at 213.10 and Disway (CS:DWAY) was down 3.88% or 8.90 points to 220.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.51% or 12.95 to 222.05.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.33% or 2.31 to $55.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.37% or 2.02 to hit $61.83 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.50 to trade at $1196.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.26% to 10.6560, while USD/MAD rose 0.26% to 10.0445.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 99.21.