Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Holding Companies and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which rose 7.95% or 210 points to trade at 2850 at the close. Meanwhile, Involys (CS:INV) added 4.32% or 5.30 points to end at 127.90 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 4.32% or 3.80 points to 91.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU), which fell 6.00% or 90 points to trade at 1411 at the close. Sothema (CS:SOT) declined 5.96% or 99 points to end at 1561 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was down 5.87% or 6.05 points to 97.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.81% or 1.24 to $69.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.38% or 1.01 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.50 to trade at $1217.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.9490, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.4714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.15.