Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Banking and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.56% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU), which rose 5.67% or 8.90 points to trade at 165.95 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) added 5.28% or 14.55 points to end at 289.90 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 3.58% or 0.88 points to 25.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which lost 5.99% or 47 points to trade at 744 in late trade. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) declined 5.97% or 8.90 points to end at 140.10 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) shed 4.67% or 70 points to 1430.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.73% or 0.77 to $45.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.60% or 0.75 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.13 to trade at $1215.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.11% to 11.0230, while USD/MAD fell 0.27% to 9.6330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.63.