Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.20%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Distributors , Oil & Gas and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Hall (CS: AUTO ), which rose 7.63% or 5.95 points to trade at 83.95 at the close. Colorado (CS: COL ) added 5.20% or 3.31 points to end at 66.91 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS: OXYG ) was up 5.19% or 8.00 points to 162.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS: SNA ), which lost 7.08% or 0.80 points to trade at 10.50 in late trade. Snep (CS: SNP ) declined 4.13% or 19.80 points to end at 460.20 and Miniere Touissit (CS: CMT ) shed 3.45% or 50 points to 1400.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.48% or 0.25 to $51.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.36% or 0.22 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 10.00 to trade at $1218.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.13% to 10.7690, while USD/MAD rose 0.24% to 9.5419.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.357.