Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Food Producers & Processors and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CS:CTM), which rose 9.09% or 55.00 points to trade at 660.00 at the close. Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 5.92% or 111 points to end at 1987 and AFMA SA (CS:AFM) was up 5.60% or 44 points to 830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which lost 4.00% or 10.00 points to trade at 240.00 in late trade. S2M (CS:S2M) declined 2.86% or 5.70 points to end at 193.80 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) shed 2.71% or 35 points to 1255.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 4.57% or 1.98 to $45.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.21% or 1.87 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.65 to trade at $1223.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 10.7170, while USD/MAD rose 0.07% to 9.9929.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 100.18.