Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 7.11% or 14 points to trade at 218 at the close. Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) added 6.21% or 2.05 points to end at 35.05 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 5.93% or 83 points to 1483 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which lost 5.50% or 85 points to trade at 1460 in late trade. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 4.65% or 78.00 points to end at 1601.00 and Colorado (CS:COL) shed 4.06% or 3.33 points to 78.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.23% or 0.14 to $60.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.63% or 0.42 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1313.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 11.2400, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.3237.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 91.59.