Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Mining and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CS:CTM), which rose 7.88% or 48.00 points to trade at 657.00 at the close. Taslif (CS:TSF1) added 5.96% or 1.67 points to end at 29.67 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 5.43% or 74 points to 1436 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE), which lost 4.38% or 9.55 points to trade at 208.45 in late trade. Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) declined 3.21% or 85 points to end at 2560 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) shed 2.89% or 5.00 points to 168.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 12 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.66% or 0.89 to $52.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.55% or 0.88 to hit $55.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.83% or 9.55 to trade at $1161.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.41% to 10.5930, while USD/MAD fell 0.03% to 10.1705.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.79% at 103.18.