Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Food Producers & Processors and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CS:CTM), which rose 9.38% or 76.00 points to trade at 886.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hps (CS:HPS) added 8.47% or 160.00 points to end at 2050.00 and S2M (CS:S2M) was up 5.52% or 15.70 points to 299.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which fell 5.99% or 126 points to trade at 1979 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 3.87% or 1.98 points to end at 49.22 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 3.71% or 6.90 points to 179.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 22 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to all time highs; rising 8.47% or 160.00 to 2050.00. Shares in S2M (CS:S2M) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.52% or 15.70 to 299.90.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.37% or 0.87 to $64.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.20% or 0.83 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.80 to trade at $1336.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.08% to 11.3160, while USD/MAD fell 0.17% to 9.2070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.04.