Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Utilities and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which rose 7.17% or 8.50 points to trade at 127.00 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 3.08% or 3.80 points to end at 127.00 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) was up 2.45% or 0.49 points to 20.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which lost 9.96% or 118 points to trade at 1067 in late trade. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) declined 5.97% or 6.70 points to end at 105.45 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) shed 4.76% or 20 points to 400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.13% or 1.63 to $41.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.92% or 1.64 to hit $43.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.58% or 8.00 to trade at $1364.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.27% to 10.8900, while USD/MAD rose 0.34% to 9.7694.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 95.49.