Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.98% or 6 points to trade at 64 at the close. Maghrebail (CS:MAB) added 5.92% or 39 points to end at 699 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was up 4.62% or 149 points to 3369 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Involys (CS:INV), which lost 4.50% or 5.40 points to trade at 114.55 in late trade. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) declined 4.02% or 39 points to end at 930 and Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO) shed 3.29% or 0.80 points to 23.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 19 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.30% or 1.33 to $41.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.60% or 1.54 to hit $44.37 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1257.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.9670, while USD/MAD rose 0.18% to 9.6399.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 94.14.