Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Real Estate and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 1.02% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 2.23% or 10.95 points to trade at 501.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMI (CS:SMI) added 1.59% or 55 points to end at 3505 and S2M (CS:S2M) was up 1.14% or 3.50 points to 309.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliances (CS:ADI), which fell 9.99% or 19 points to trade at 172 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) declined 5.47% or 8.40 points to end at 145.05 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 5.26% or 10.00 points to 180.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.81% or 0.51 to $63.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.74% or 0.50 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 8.90 to trade at $1338.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 11.3190, while USD/MAD rose 0.15% to 9.2290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.85.