Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Distributors and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.97% or 8.35 points to trade at 148.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) added 4.85% or 8.00 points to end at 172.95 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 2.00% or 0.98 points to 49.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which fell 4.71% or 0.99 points to trade at 20.01 at the close. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 3.17% or 19.00 points to end at 581.00 and Colorado (CS:COL) was down 2.94% or 2.35 points to 77.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.47% or 0.27 to $57.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1264.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.18% to 11.1600, while USD/MAD fell 0.27% to 9.4381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.19.