Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 7.08% or 35.05 points to trade at 530.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) added 5.44% or 9.80 points to end at 189.90 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was up 5.05% or 86 points to 1790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which fell 6.82% or 109 points to trade at 1490 at the close. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 5.98% or 37.10 points to end at 582.90 and Risma (CS:RIS) was down 4.76% or 7.50 points to 150.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in M2M Group (CS:M2M) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 7.08% or 35.05 to 530.00. Shares in Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.05% or 86 to 1790.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.15% or 0.10 to $65.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $69.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.80 to trade at $1345.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 11.3600, while USD/MAD rose 0.25% to 9.1525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.