Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Construction & Building Materials and Holding Companies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 9.96% or 10.30 points to trade at 113.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Involys (CS:INV) added 9.83% or 14.05 points to end at 157.00 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) was up 9.65% or 20.95 points to 237.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rebab Company (CS:REBA), which fell 5.93% or 8.00 points to trade at 127.00 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) declined 5.18% or 3.68 points to end at 67.32 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was down 2.49% or 36 points to 1410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 20 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Involys (CS:INV) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.83% or 14.05 to 157.00. Shares in Jet Contractors (CS:JET) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.65% or 20.95 to 237.95.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.29% or 0.14 to $47.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.70 to trade at $1280.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.14% to 11.1330, while USD/MAD rose 0.51% to 9.4862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.70.