Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which rose 5.31% or 1.30 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) added 4.08% or 10 points to end at 254 and Hps (CS:HPS) was up 3.00% or 48.00 points to 1648.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 4.22% or 6.75 points to trade at 153.05 in late trade. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 2.86% or 16.90 points to end at 573.10 and Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) shed 2.44% or 45.0 points to 1800.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.31% or 0.76 to $57.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.67% or 1.08 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.90 to trade at $1240.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 11.1290, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.4861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.17.