Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 9.91% or 95.00 points to trade at 1054.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 6.83% or 1.43 points to end at 22.38 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 6.22% or 135 points to 2305 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Label Vie (CS:LBV), which fell 4.10% or 55 points to trade at 1285 at the close. Atlanta (CS:ATL) declined 2.49% or 1.30 points to end at 51.00 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was down 2.01% or 25 points to 1220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.91% or 95.00 to 1054.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.06% or 0.52 to $48.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.87% or 0.45 to hit $51.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.62 to trade at $1257.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.8190, while USD/MAD fell 0.05% to 9.9182.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.99.