Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CSE:M2M), which rose 7.23% or 37.00 points to trade at 549.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) added 5.16% or 0.80 points to end at 16.30 and Jet Contractors (CSE:JET) was up 3.00% or 49.00 points to 1,680.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR), which lost 3.55% or 3.90 points to trade at 106.10 in late trade. Managem (CSE:MNG) declined 3.55% or 103.00 points to end at 2,797.00 and Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI) shed 2.52% or 15.00 points to 580.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 32 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.22% or 1.57 to $69.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.61% or 1.19 to hit $72.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 16.16 to trade at $2,653.84 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.24% to 10.49, while USD/MAD rose 0.31% to 10.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 106.57.