Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Utilities and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.60% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM), which rose 5.32% or 116 points to trade at 2296 at the close. Meanwhile, Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) added 3.37% or 2.95 points to end at 90.50 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 3.27% or 16.00 points to 506.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Involys (CS:INV), which fell 4.76% or 5.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 4.40% or 4.00 points to end at 87.00 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 3.30% or 5.80 points to 170.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) rose to all time highs; up 5.32% or 116 to 2296. Shares in Involys (CS:INV) fell to all time lows; down 4.76% or 5.00 to 100.00. Shares in Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) rose to all time highs; up 3.37% or 2.95 to 90.50.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.17% or 0.60 to $50.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.43% or 0.76 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1257.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.23% to 10.8510, while USD/MAD rose 0.39% to 9.8045.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 97.63.