Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 8.81% or 63.00 points to trade at 778.00 at the close. Disway SA (CS:DWY) added 6.16% or 29.00 points to end at 500.00 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) was up 5.82% or 1.49 points to 27.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which lost 6.67% or 1.70 points to trade at 23.80 in late trade. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) declined 3.73% or 5.80 points to end at 149.60 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) shed 3.40% or 1.70 points to 48.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 24 and 2 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.88% or 1.23 to $64.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.36% or 0.94 to hit $68.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1338.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 11.3590, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.1673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.09.