Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Transport and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.49% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 9.97% or 14.20 points to trade at 156.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) added 6.90% or 14.45 points to end at 223.95 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 3.56% or 5.60 points to 163.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which fell 3.78% or 7.00 points to trade at 178.00 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) declined 2.95% or 4.90 points to end at 161.00 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) was down 2.67% or 1.40 points to 51.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.97% or 14.20 to 156.60.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.90% or 1.37 to $48.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.97% or 1.03 to hit $53.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 13.63 to trade at $1344.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.04% to 11.1510, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 9.3762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.28.