Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Distributors, Construction & Building Materials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Involys (CS:INV), which rose 5.96% or 7.15 points to trade at 126.95 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) added 5.96% or 13.10 points to end at 232.70 and Hps (CS:HPS) was up 4.32% or 19.90 points to 479.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTM (CS:CTM), which lost 5.98% or 25.00 points to trade at 418.00 in late trade. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 5.65% or 26 points to end at 434 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) shed 5.22% or 5.22 points to 94.63.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 19 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.50% or 0.66 to $44.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.65% or 0.31 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.40 to trade at $1090.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.24% to 10.6870, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 10.0040.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 99.51.