Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 9.96% or 11.35 points to trade at 125.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 5.99% or 146 points to end at 2585 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was up 5.56% or 6.00 points to 114.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 5.50% or 6.00 points to trade at 103.00 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 4.54% or 219 points to end at 4600 and Hps (CS:HPS) was down 3.14% or 25.90 points to 800.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Risma (CS:RIS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.96% or 11.35 to 125.30.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.86% or 1.00 to $54.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.55% or 0.87 to hit $57.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1237.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.37% to 10.6580, while USD/MAD rose 0.35% to 10.1160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 101.36.