Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Distributors and Real Estate 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 CDM (CS:CDM), which rose 5.98% or 31 points to trade at 549 at the close. Meanwhile, Jet Contractors (CS:JET) added 4.92% or 16.00 points to end at 341.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was up 3.85% or 11.00 points to 297.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which fell 5.98% or 10.30 points to trade at 162.00 at the close. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 4.64% or 29.00 points to end at 596.00 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was down 3.00% or 12.00 points to 388.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 18 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $57.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.35% or 0.22 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.90 to trade at $1266.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 11.1600, while USD/MAD rose 0.25% to 9.4440.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.31.