Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate , Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Transport sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CSE: MOX ), which rose 6.62% or 27.95 points to trade at 449.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE: SBM ) added 5.50% or 110.00 points to end at 2,110.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CSE: TQM ) was up 4.29% or 90.00 points to 2,190.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Micro Data SA (CSE: MIC ), which fell 3.52% or 29.90 points to trade at 820.00 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CSE: SRM ) declined 3.33% or 13.90 points to end at 403.00 and CTM (CSE: CTM ) was down 2.99% or 28.80 points to 934.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 31 to 23 and 5 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.84% or 1.13 to $62.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.59% or 1.03 to hit $65.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 2.55% or 82.49 to trade at $3,322.89 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.10% to 10.55, while USD/MAD fell 0.17% to 9.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 99.26.