Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 5.96% or 7.30 points to trade at 129.65 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) added 5.35% or 6.20 points to end at 121.95 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 5.26% or 0.95 points to 19.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Colorado (CS:COL), which lost 5.66% or 3.00 points to trade at 50.00 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 4.32% or 28 points to end at 620 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) shed 3.73% or 1.90 points to 49.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.89% or 0.41 to $45.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.47% or 0.22 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.95 to trade at $1333.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.02% to 10.8520, while USD/MAD rose 0.40% to 9.8392.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 97.13.