Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 4.84% or 0.92 points to trade at 19.92 at the close. Meanwhile, SMI (CS:SMI) added 2.98% or 102 points to end at 3527 and CDM (CS:CDM) was up 2.98% or 17 points to 590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE), which fell 5.99% or 29.25 points to trade at 458.75 at the close. Salafin (CS:SLF) declined 5.66% or 60 points to end at 1000 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was down 5.25% or 14.70 points to 265.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.29% or 0.18 to $62.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 18.70 to trade at $1338.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.23% to 11.3690, while USD/MAD fell 0.40% to 9.1593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.53.