Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Holding Companies and Beverage sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.95% or 2.05 points to trade at 22.66 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) added 9.95% or 10 points to end at 110 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 5.99% or 5.50 points to 97.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 5.80% or 29.00 points to trade at 471.00 in late trade. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 4.49% or 7.75 points to end at 165.00 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) shed 3.31% or 24 points to 701.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.73% or 1.21 to $68.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.14% or 0.86 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1225.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 11.0460, while USD/MAD rose 0.01% to 9.4401.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.26.