Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Food Producers & Processors and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 7.00% or 1.86 points to trade at 28.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) added 5.95% or 84 points to end at 1495 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 5.93% or 5.60 points to 100.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which fell 1.61% or 0.36 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) declined 0.98% or 1 points to end at 101 and BCP (CS:BCP) was down 0.79% or 2.20 points to 276.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.22 to $69.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.99% or 0.73 to hit $74.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1219.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 10.9520, while USD/MAD fell 0.30% to 9.4459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 95.00.