Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which rose 6.00% or 14.40 points to trade at 254.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafarge Ciments (CS:LAC) added 5.02% or 88 points to end at 1840 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 4.67% or 0.78 points to 17.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which fell 6.00% or 1.20 points to trade at 18.80 at the close. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 6.00% or 11.40 points to end at 178.60 and Rebab Company (CS:REBA) was down 5.90% or 7.80 points to 124.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.00% or 14.40 to 254.40.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 5.18% or 2.54 to $46.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.93% or 2.47 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.38% or 18.45 to trade at $1357.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.21% to 10.8630, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 9.7946.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.09.