Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 9.37% or 8.90 points to trade at 103.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Involys (CS:INV) added 8.25% or 9.90 points to end at 129.90 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 7.07% or 14.85 points to 224.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Risma (CS:RIS), which fell 2.85% or 4.70 points to trade at 160.00 at the close. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 1.91% or 39.00 points to end at 2001.00 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was down 1.78% or 31 points to 1711.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 15 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.00% or 0.63 to $62.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.31% or 0.87 to hit $65.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1321.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.3020, while USD/MAD rose 0.06% to 9.2535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.44.