Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 6.00% or 3 points to trade at 50 at the close. Meanwhile, Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) added 6.00% or 60 points to end at 1060 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 5.98% or 40 points to 710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CDM (CS:CDM), which fell 5.98% or 29 points to trade at 460 at the close. Disway (CS:DWAY) declined 5.35% or 11.65 points to end at 206.00 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) was down 5.15% or 7.70 points to 141.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in CDM (CS:CDM) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.98% or 29 to 460. Shares in Salafin (CS:SLF) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 5.98% or 40 to 710. Shares in Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) fell to all time lows; losing 5.15% or 7.70 to 141.75.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.24% or 1.52 to $45.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.91% or 0.94 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.20 to trade at $1124.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.33% to 10.8500, while USD/MAD rose 0.53% to 9.7748.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.50.