Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 1.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 9.91% or 95.00 points to trade at 1054.00 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 6.83% or 1.43 points to end at 22.38 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 6.22% or 135 points to 2305 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Label Vie (CS:LBV), which lost 4.10% or 55 points to trade at 1285 in late trade. Atlanta (CS:ATL) declined 2.49% or 1.30 points to end at 51.00 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) shed 2.01% or 25 points to 1220.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 26 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.04% or 0.51 to $48.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.89% or 0.46 to hit $51.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.63 to trade at $1257.13 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.8190, while USD/MAD fell 0.05% to 9.9182.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.99.