Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.05% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which rose 5.21% or 8.85 points to trade at 178.85 at the close. CTM (CS:CTM) added 5.18% or 29.00 points to end at 589.00 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) was up 4.43% or 52 points to 1227 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 8.25% or 25.90 points to trade at 288.00 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 4.53% or 28 points to end at 600 and Hps (CS:HPS) shed 3.80% or 20.00 points to 506.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 15 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.55% or 1.17 to $44.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.48% or 1.19 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.00% or 13.45 to trade at $1330.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.14% to 10.9080, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.7250.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.32.