Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.96% or 8.95 points to trade at 159.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hps (CS:HPS) added 5.54% or 75.00 points to end at 1430.00 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was up 4.11% or 12.00 points to 304.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 3.26% or 4.85 points to trade at 144.05 at the close. Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) declined 3.09% or 48 points to end at 1507 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was down 2.22% or 2.20 points to 96.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 13 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.96% or 8.95 to 159.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.84% or 1.41 to $50.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.77% or 0.99 to hit $56.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.55 to trade at $1293.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 11.1180, while USD/MAD fell 0.37% to 9.4148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 93.07.