Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Building Materials and Distributors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.96% or 11.10 points to trade at 122.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Risma (CS:RIS) added 6.40% or 6.50 points to end at 108.00 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 5.75% or 13.00 points to 239.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which fell 8.17% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.67 at the close. Label Vie (CS:LBV) declined 3.09% or 37 points to end at 1160 and CIH (CS:CIH) was down 2.68% or 8.00 points to 290.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.55% or 1.67 to $45.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.43% or 1.69 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1187.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.26% to 10.6710, while USD/MAD fell 0.28% to 10.0469.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 101.14.