Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Holding Companies and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 5.97% or 7.30 points to trade at 129.50 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) added 5.72% or 11.50 points to end at 212.50 and Hps (CS:HPS) was up 5.56% or 24.50 points to 465.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 6.01% or 5 points to trade at 70 in late trade. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) declined 5.76% or 12.40 points to end at 215.00 and Colorado (CS:COL) shed 5.75% or 4.40 points to 72.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.01% or 0.59 to $58.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.70% or 1.05 to hit $63.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1177.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.27% to 10.8510, while USD/MAD rose 0.40% to 9.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 95.56.