Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Transport and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 1.47% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which rose 10.00% or 97 points to trade at 1067 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 8.92% or 51 points to end at 620 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was up 5.99% or 14.80 points to 261.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which lost 5.98% or 8.95 points to trade at 140.55 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 5.76% or 34 points to end at 556 and Hps (CS:HPS) shed 5.73% or 34.40 points to 565.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 21 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.39% or 0.16 to $41.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.46% or 0.19 to hit $41.73 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1247.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.06% to 10.9060, while USD/MAD rose 0.03% to 9.7135.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.71.