Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which rose 5.96% or 90 points to trade at 1598 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 5.96% or 4.89 points to end at 86.90 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 5.92% or 3 points to 49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Involys (CS:INV), which fell 10.00% or 13.60 points to trade at 122.40 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 6.00% or 0.96 points to end at 15.04 and Ennakl (CS:NAKL) was down 5.59% or 2.28 points to 38.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 16 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Involys (CS:INV) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.00% or 13.60 to 122.40.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.53% or 0.81 to $52.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.80% or 0.46 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.03% or 12.00 to trade at $1154.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.58% to 10.7570, while USD/MAD rose 0.60% to 9.8415.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 97.23.