Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 4.65% or 24.00 points to trade at 540.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 3.44% or 24 points to end at 731 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 3.33% or 30 points to 930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colorado (CS:COL), which fell 7.59% or 4.93 points to trade at 60.05 at the close. Sothema (CS:SOT) declined 3.39% or 64 points to end at 1825 and Snep (CS:SNP) was down 3.15% or 14.80 points to 455.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.30% or 0.71 to $53.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.48% or 0.30 to hit $62.21 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1317.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.8880, while USD/MAD rose 0.17% to 9.5450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 95.847.