Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which rose 6.18% or 1.53 points to trade at 26.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Timar (CS:TIM) added 5.89% or 16.50 points to end at 296.50 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was up 5.77% or 7.85 points to 144.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM), which fell 5.53% or 130 points to trade at 2220 at the close. Label Vie (CS:LBV) declined 2.80% or 34 points to end at 1180 and Snep (CS:SNP) was down 2.71% or 3.45 points to 124.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.18% or 1.53 to 26.28.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.95% or 1.01 to $50.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.84% or 1.01 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.55 to trade at $1170.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 10.7150, while USD/MAD rose 0.32% to 10.0040.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 100.56.