Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Utilities and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS), which rose 6.86% or 5.05 points to trade at 78.70 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:S2M) added 3.40% or 9.00 points to end at 274.00 and Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM) was up 2.60% or 59.00 points to 2,330.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTM (CSE:CTM), which fell 5.93% or 40.00 points to trade at 635.00 at the close. Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) declined 4.29% or 27.90 points to end at 622.00 and BCP (CSE:BCP) was down 2.31% or 6.85 points to 290.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 26 to 17 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.18 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.04% or 27.96 to trade at $2,713.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.54, while USD/MAD rose 0.24% to 10.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 106.24.