Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Beverage, Forestry & Paper and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM), which rose 7.14% or 200 points to trade at 3000 at the close. SMI (CS:SMI) added 5.96% or 103 points to end at 1830 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was up 4.17% or 60 points to 1500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which lost 5.33% or 0.93 points to trade at 16.51 in late trade. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 4.64% or 1.30 points to end at 26.70 and Involys (CS:INV) shed 3.13% or 3.80 points to 117.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.96% or 0.63 to $66.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.57% or 0.41 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.40% to 10.9590, while USD/MAD fell 0.29% to 9.4777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 95.19.