Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.99% or 6 points to trade at 64 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 9.98% or 5.09 points to end at 56.08 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 6.00% or 6.30 points to 111.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 6.00% or 8.40 points to trade at 131.60 at the close. CIH (CS:CIH) declined 4.04% or 10.55 points to end at 250.20 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) was down 3.44% or 42 points to 1177.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.00% or 8.40 to 131.60.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.65% or 0.19 to $29.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.16% or 0.72 to hit $32.67 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 2.25% or 27.90 to trade at $1211.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 10.8780, while USD/MAD rose 0.13% to 9.7670.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.90.