Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Distributors and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which rose 9.98% or 5.16 points to trade at 56.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) added 7.45% or 21.00 points to end at 303.00 and SMI (CSE:SMI) was up 6.66% or 155.00 points to 2,484.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which fell 4.13% or 18.00 points to trade at 418.00 at the close. Delta Holding S.A (CSE:DHO) declined 2.72% or 1.85 points to end at 66.15 and IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) was down 2.38% or 0.95 points to 39.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 41 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) rose to 5-year highs; rising 7.45% or 21.00 to 303.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.39% or 0.26 to $67.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $70.90 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 34.70 to trade at $3,040.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.02% to 10.53, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.01% to 9.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.02.