Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Beverage and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.02% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM), which rose 5.82% or 99 points to trade at 1799 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) added 5.08% or 28 points to end at 573 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 5.07% or 0.95 points to 19.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which fell 5.10% or 4.90 points to trade at 91.10 at the close. Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) declined 3.86% or 42 points to end at 1046 and Timar (CS:TIM) was down 3.04% or 9.40 points to 300.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.81% or 1.30 to $44.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.38% or 1.15 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1323.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.15% to 10.8490, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.6560.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 95.53.