Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 4.53% or 7 points to trade at 166 at the close. Meanwhile, LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) added 4.50% or 99 points to end at 2299 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 4.02% or 181 points to 4681 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which fell 5.97% or 1.77 points to trade at 27.86 at the close. Rebab Company (CS:REBA) declined 5.96% or 7.75 points to end at 122.25 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 4.54% or 9.30 points to 195.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.01% or 0.97 to $49.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.81% or 0.93 to hit $52.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.35 to trade at $1252.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.22% to 10.7560, while USD/MAD rose 0.28% to 9.9950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.