Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Transport and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.49% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 9.97% or 14.20 points to trade at 156.60 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) added 6.90% or 14.45 points to end at 223.95 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 3.56% or 5.60 points to 163.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 3.78% or 7.00 points to trade at 178.00 in late trade. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) declined 2.95% or 4.90 points to end at 161.00 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) shed 2.67% or 1.40 points to 51.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.85% or 1.35 to $48.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.91% or 1.00 to hit $53.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 13.62 to trade at $1344.02 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.04% to 11.1510, while USD/MAD rose 0.10% to 9.3762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.28.