Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.48%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport , Forestry & Paper and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.48%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CS: CRS ), which rose 6.77% or 2.20 points to trade at 34.70 at the close. CTM (CS: CTM ) added 6.75% or 55.00 points to end at 870.00 and Timar (CS: TIM ) was up 4.55% or 9.00 points to 207.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included AFMA SA (CS: AFM ), which lost 6.77% or 65 points to trade at 895 in late trade. Salafin (CS: SLF ) declined 6.56% or 62 points to end at 883 and Sonasid (CS: SOND ) shed 4.11% or 17 points to 386.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 13 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.00% or 1.62 to $52.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.98% or 1.87 to hit $60.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1282.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.00% to 10.8645, while USD/MAD rose 0.02% to 9.5628.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.958.