Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 4.84% or 0.92 points to trade at 19.92 at the close. SMI (CS:SMI) added 2.98% or 102 points to end at 3527 and CDM (CS:CDM) was up 2.98% or 17 points to 590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE), which lost 5.99% or 29.25 points to trade at 458.75 in late trade. Salafin (CS:SLF) declined 5.66% or 60 points to end at 1000 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) shed 5.25% or 14.70 points to 265.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.29% or 0.18 to $62.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $65.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 18.80 to trade at $1338.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.23% to 11.3690, while USD/MAD fell 0.40% to 9.1593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.53.