Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.26%

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.