Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Holding Companies and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Aluminum mar 1l (CS:ALU), which rose 5.94% or 90 points to trade at 1604 at the close. BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 5.36% or 36 points to end at 706 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) was up 4.81% or 50.0 points to 1090.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which lost 4.89% or 6.95 points to trade at 135.05 in late trade. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) declined 2.54% or 3.50 points to end at 134.30 and Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) shed 2.27% or 4.20 points to 180.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 6.80% or 2.89 to $45.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 5.55% or 2.82 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.80 to trade at $1279.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.23% to 10.8830, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.5411.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.132.