Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.99% or 22 points to trade at 244 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) added 9.98% or 31.45 points to end at 346.45 and IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) was up 9.70% or 13.25 points to 149.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which lost 5.98% or 10.70 points to trade at 168.30 in late trade. Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) declined 5.60% or 89 points to end at 1500 and CIH (CS:CIH) shed 3.00% or 8.75 points to 283.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.43% or 0.24 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1275.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.07% to 11.1010, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.4362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.37.