Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Oil & Gas and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which rose 5.98% or 1.39 points to trade at 24.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) added 5.96% or 167 points to end at 2967 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 5.20% or 1.30 points to 26.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlanta (CS:ATL), which fell 1.70% or 1.10 points to trade at 63.60 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) declined 1.41% or 0.30 points to end at 21.00 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was down 1.01% or 0.99 points to 97.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.96% or 167 to 2967.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.19% or 0.69 to $57.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.15% or 0.73 to hit $62.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 10.58 to trade at $1284.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.11% to 11.1770, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.4168.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.12.