Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Construction & Building Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 5.80% or 181 points to trade at 3300 at the close. Disway SA (CS:DWY) added 2.95% or 14.00 points to end at 489.00 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 2.47% or 6.50 points to 269.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 6.25% or 25.00 points to trade at 375.00 in late trade. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 2.60% or 3.90 points to end at 146.00 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) shed 2.23% or 1.45 points to 63.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.51% or 0.93 to $62.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.03% or 0.70 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 8.70 to trade at $1311.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.19% to 11.1940, while USD/MAD rose 0.19% to 9.3886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 92.33.