Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which rose 5.31% or 1.30 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Alliances (CS:ADI) added 4.08% or 10 points to end at 254 and Hps (CS:HPS) was up 3.00% or 48.00 points to 1648.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which fell 4.22% or 6.75 points to trade at 153.05 at the close. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 2.86% or 16.90 points to end at 573.10 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) was down 2.44% or 45.0 points to 1800.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.31% or 0.76 to $57.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.67% or 1.08 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.00 to trade at $1239.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 11.1290, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.4861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.17.