Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.99% or 27.90 points to trade at 307.25 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 6.29% or 9.00 points to end at 152.00 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 5.98% or 12.85 points to 227.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which lost 5.99% or 67 points to trade at 1051 in late trade. Aluminum mar 1l (CS:ALU) declined 5.38% or 70 points to end at 1230 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) shed 2.24% or 3.45 points to 150.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.58% or 0.30 to $52.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.85 to trade at $1243.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.7390, while USD/MAD fell 0.13% to 10.0314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.11.