Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Transport and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 2.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI), which rose 8.05% or 47.50 points to trade at 638.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMI (CSE:SMI) added 7.62% or 170.00 points to end at 2,400.00 and Itissalat Al-Maghrib (CSE:IAM) was up 6.52% or 5.69 points to 93.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD), which fell 7.26% or 90.00 points to trade at 1,150.00 at the close. Miniere Touissit (CSE:CMT) declined 6.13% or 84.00 points to end at 1,286.00 and M2M Group (CSE:M2M) was down 5.99% or 29.35 points to 460.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 35 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in M2M Group (CSE:M2M) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.99% or 29.35 to 460.65.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $81.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $85.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 8.05 to trade at $2,336.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.66, while USD/MAD fell 0.35% to 9.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.34.