Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Transport and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.47% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which rose 10.00% or 97 points to trade at 1067 at the close. Meanwhile, Managem (CS:MNG) added 8.92% or 51 points to end at 620 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was up 5.99% or 14.80 points to 261.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which fell 5.98% or 8.95 points to trade at 140.55 at the close. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 5.76% or 34 points to end at 556 and Hps (CS:HPS) was down 5.73% or 34.40 points to 565.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 21 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) rose to 3-years highs; up 10.00% or 97 to 1067.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.41% or 0.17 to $41.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.46% or 0.19 to hit $41.73 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1247.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.06% to 10.9060, while USD/MAD rose 0.03% to 9.7135.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.70.