Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.72% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.98% or 57.80 points to trade at 636.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Disway SA (CS:DWY) added 8.91% or 36.00 points to end at 440.00 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was up 7.57% or 56 points to 796 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lydec (CS:LYD), which fell 4.03% or 25.00 points to trade at 595.00 at the close. Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) declined 2.99% or 6.40 points to end at 207.50 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was down 1.33% or 2.10 points to 156.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.84% or 1.11 to $61.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.61% or 1.07 to hit $67.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1318.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.2360, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 9.3338.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.78.