Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which rose 5.96% or 90 points to trade at 1598 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 5.96% or 4.89 points to end at 86.90 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 5.92% or 3 points to 49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Involys (CS:INV), which lost 10.00% or 13.60 points to trade at 122.40 in late trade. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 6.00% or 0.96 points to end at 15.04 and Ennakl (CS:NAKL) shed 5.59% or 2.28 points to 38.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 16 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.60% or 0.85 to $52.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.92% or 0.53 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.04% or 12.10 to trade at $1154.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.58% to 10.7570, while USD/MAD rose 0.60% to 9.8415.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.84% at 97.24.