Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Construction & Building Materials and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which rose 5.71% or 1.40 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Alliances (CS:ADI) added 5.12% or 12 points to end at 244 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was up 4.76% or 30 points to 660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 5.00% or 12.00 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) declined 3.00% or 3.30 points to end at 106.65 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was down 0.89% or 0.95 points to 105.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 7 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CS:ADI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.12% or 12 to 244. Shares in Sonasid (CS:SOND) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.76% or 30 to 660.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.73% or 0.36 to $49.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.61% or 0.32 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.96 to trade at $1262.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.18% to 11.1290, while USD/MAD rose 0.20% to 9.4708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.52.