Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Construction & Building Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CDM (CSE:CDM), which rose 5.23% or 45.00 points to trade at 905.00 at the close. Afric Industries Sa (CSE:AFI) added 4.30% or 13.00 points to end at 315.00 and Risma (CSE:RIS) was up 3.32% or 8.00 points to 249.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ennakl Automobiles (CSE:NKL), which lost 4.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 32.20 in late trade. Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) declined 3.73% or 1.20 points to end at 30.99 and Involys (CSE:INV) shed 3.40% or 2.99 points to 85.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 21 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.03% or 0.83 to $80.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.91% or 0.77 to hit $84.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.32% or 32.10 to trade at $2,461.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 10.71, while USD/MAD rose 0.05% to 9.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 104.10.