Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Construction & Building Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Akdital SA (CSE:AKT), which rose 8.52% or 60.50 points to trade at 771.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM) added 6.17% or 151.00 points to end at 2,600.00 and Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX) was up 5.88% or 12.00 points to 216.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC), which fell 9.70% or 3.24 points to trade at 30.16 at the close. Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) declined 8.31% or 2.90 points to end at 32.00 and Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA) was down 6.36% or 267.00 points to 3,931.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 36 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akdital SA (CSE:AKT) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.52% or 60.50 to 771.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.24% or 0.20 to $83.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $86.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 2.00 to trade at $2,336.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.70, while USD/MAD rose 0.35% to 9.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 105.46.