Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Oil & Gas and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which rose 5.06% or 40 points to trade at 830 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) added 4.88% or 4.05 points to end at 87.00 and Lafarge Ciments (CS:LAC) was up 3.98% or 67 points to 1750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which lost 5.97% or 6.45 points to trade at 101.55 in late trade. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 5.74% or 7.75 points to end at 127.20 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 5.27% or 11.75 points to 211.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 13 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.62% or 1.55 to $60.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.81% or 1.84 to hit $67.47 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.82% or 9.70 to trade at $1192.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 10.8730, while USD/MAD fell 0.71% to 9.6730.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.67% at 94.48.