Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Involys (CS:INV), which rose 5.63% or 8.00 points to trade at 150.00 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) added 4.22% or 6.00 points to end at 148.00 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 2.69% or 17 points to 648 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM), which lost 5.56% or 118 points to trade at 2002 in late trade. Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) declined 3.52% or 1.06 points to end at 30.06 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 2.54% or 6.00 points to 230.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.30% or 0.14 to $47.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.55% or 0.86 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.20 to trade at $1189.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.7320, while USD/MAD rose 0.17% to 9.8281.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 97.44.