Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 9.71% or 5.15 points to trade at 58.15 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) added 8.21% or 57.0 points to end at 751.0 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 5.54% or 18.40 points to 350.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which lost 5.83% or 62 points to trade at 1000 in late trade. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) declined 4.48% or 4.37 points to end at 93.03 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) shed 2.37% or 3.90 points to 160.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.66% or 1.19 to $43.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.81% or 0.83 to hit $45.00 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.51% or 6.55 to trade at $1289.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 11.0240, while USD/MAD rose 0.04% to 9.5614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 92.74.