Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Mining and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which rose 3.56% or 5.45 points to trade at 158.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Managem (CS:MNG) added 2.38% or 20 points to end at 860 and CIH (CS:CIH) was up 1.81% or 4.90 points to 274.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which fell 6.00% or 2.88 points to trade at 45.12 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 4.66% or 7.00 points to end at 143.00 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 4.01% or 2 points to 43.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.40% or 1.42 to $43.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.45% or 1.54 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.84% or 9.00 to trade at $1075.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.6750, while USD/MAD fell 0.09% to 10.0210.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 99.64.