Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Transport and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were AFMA SA (CS:AFM), which rose 9.89% or 89 points to trade at 989 at the close. Eqdom (CS:EQDM) added 5.84% or 61 points to end at 1106 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was up 5.41% or 10.00 points to 195.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 5.68% or 18.00 points to trade at 299.00 in late trade. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) declined 5.37% or 8.00 points to end at 141.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 5.21% or 15.35 points to 279.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 17 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.75% or 0.88 to $51.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.01% or 1.07 to hit $54.19 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.55 to trade at $1258.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 10.7190, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 10.0562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.51.