Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Forestry & Paper and Real Estate 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 Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 5.89% or 6.90 points to trade at 123.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) added 4.06% or 8.00 points to end at 205.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 4.04% or 0.53 points to 13.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 9.99% or 5 points to trade at 49 at the close. Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) declined 5.66% or 78 points to end at 1300 and CIH (CS:CIH) was down 4.66% or 12.50 points to 255.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.36% or 0.13 to $35.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.08 to hit $37.61 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.89% or 10.80 to trade at $1230.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.9680, while USD/MAD fell 0.11% to 9.6239.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.54.