Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Pharmaceutical Industry and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 5.74% or 126 points to trade at 2318 at the close. Meanwhile, Hps (CS:HPS) added 5.66% or 30.00 points to end at 560.00 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 3.91% or 136 points to 3606 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 5.99% or 22.00 points to trade at 345.00 at the close. SMI (CS:SMI) declined 5.98% or 179 points to end at 2811 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was down 5.98% or 1.11 points to 17.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.24% or 0.62 to $49.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.16% or 0.59 to hit $50.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.61% or 20.75 to trade at $1271.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.18% to 10.9230, while USD/MAD rose 0.29% to 9.7015.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 94.05.