Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Pharmaceutical Industry and Beverage sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Taslif (CS:TSF1), which rose 5.96% or 1.49 points to trade at 26.49 at the close. Meanwhile, CTM (CS:CTM) added 3.87% or 34.90 points to end at 937.00 and Sothema (CS:SOT) was up 3.34% or 50 points to 1549 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which fell 7.59% or 33.00 points to trade at 402.00 at the close. Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) declined 3.50% or 46 points to end at 1270 and Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) was down 3.00% or 5.10 points to 164.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sothema (CS:SOT) rose to all time highs; rising 3.34% or 50 to 1549.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.40% or 0.24 to $59.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $62.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.20 to trade at $1330.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.20% to 11.3540, while USD/MAD fell 0.38% to 9.1824.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 89.55.