Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Distributors, Chemicals and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Total Maroc SA (CSE:TMA), which rose 4.40% or 58.00 points to trade at 1,375.00 at the close. Sanlam Maroc SA (CSE:SAH) added 3.42% or 66.00 points to end at 1,998.00 and Auto Hall (CSE:ATH) was up 3.31% or 2.38 points to 74.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Les Eaux Minerales Oulmes SA (CSE:OUL), which lost 5.59% or 76.00 points to trade at 1,283.00 in late trade. Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX) declined 5.13% or 11.10 points to end at 205.10 and Med Paper (CSE:MDP) shed 2.02% or 0.39 points to 18.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 17 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $77.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $81.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.95 to trade at $2,330.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.51% to 10.66, while USD/MAD fell 0.33% to 9.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 105.02.