Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Construction & Building Materials and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which rose 9.97% or 14.65 points to trade at 161.65 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) added 4.37% or 5.50 points to end at 131.50 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 3.64% or 23.20 points to 660.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lydec (CS:LYD), which lost 5.87% or 37.00 points to trade at 593.00 in late trade. Atlanta (CS:ATL) declined 3.59% or 1.90 points to end at 51.00 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) shed 2.72% or 9.80 points to 350.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 17 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.18% or 0.55 to $46.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.07 to trade at $1320.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 11.1860, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.3105.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 91.96.