Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Beverage, Chemicals and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 7.20% or 3.66 points to trade at 54.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) added 2.84% or 9.10 points to end at 330.00 and Hps (CS:HPS) was up 2.11% or 30.00 points to 1450.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 9.97% or 14.45 points to trade at 130.55 at the close. Involys (CS:INV) declined 7.55% or 11.85 points to end at 145.15 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 5.98% or 11.05 points to 173.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 13 and 2 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.57% or 0.27 to $47.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.52 to trade at $1291.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.53% to 11.1390, while USD/MAD fell 0.15% to 9.4635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.39.