Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.88%

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

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.88%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were BCP (CS: BCP ), which rose 4.11% or 10.85 points to trade at 274.85 at the close. Risma (CS: RIS ) added 3.81% or 6.50 points to end at 177.00 and Hps (CS: HPS ) was up 3.68% or 70.00 points to 1970.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Snep (CS: SNP ), which lost 3.81% or 20.60 points to trade at 519.40 in late trade. Alliances (CS: ADI ) declined 3.19% or 3 points to end at 97 and Colorado (CS: COL ) shed 2.86% or 2.00 points to 68.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.28% or 0.20 to $72.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.11% or 0.89 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1205.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 11.0020, while USD/MAD fell 0.07% to 9.3475.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.69.