Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Disty Technologies SA (CSE:DYT), which rose 4.94% or 12.00 points to trade at 255.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) added 4.62% or 2.14 points to end at 48.49 and Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) was up 4.50% or 68.00 points to 1,580.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Disway SA (CSE:DWY), which fell 4.26% or 28.00 points to trade at 630.00 at the close. AFMA SA (CSE:AFM) declined 4.22% or 48.00 points to end at 1,090.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) was down 3.00% or 0.48 points to 15.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 23 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Disway SA (CSE:DWY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.26% or 28.00 to 630.00. Shares in AFMA SA (CSE:AFM) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.22% or 48.00 to 1,090.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.84% or 0.58 to $69.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.73% or 0.53 to hit $73.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 4.91 to trade at $2,647.51 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.10% to 10.54, while USD/MAD fell 0.38% to 10.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.87.