Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.98% or 6 points to trade at 64 at the close. Meanwhile, Maghrebail (CS:MAB) added 5.92% or 39 points to end at 699 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 4.62% or 149 points to 3369 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Involys (CS:INV), which fell 4.50% or 5.40 points to trade at 114.55 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 4.02% or 39 points to end at 930 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was down 3.29% or 0.80 points to 23.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 19 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.25% or 1.31 to $41.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.60% or 1.54 to hit $44.37 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1257.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.9670, while USD/MAD rose 0.18% to 9.6399.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 94.14.