Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Invest Companies & Other Finance and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 5.98% or 4.51 points to trade at 79.81 at the close. Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 5.96% or 1.01 points to end at 17.94 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 5.92% or 5.30 points to 94.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eqdom (CS:EQDM), which lost 5.81% or 43 points to trade at 697 in late trade. Axa Credit (CS:AXC) declined 5.42% or 19.00 points to end at 331.00 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) shed 4.52% or 0.56 points to 11.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 18 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.14% or 0.64 to $29.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 3.74% or 1.23 to hit $31.65 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.70 to trade at $1195.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.50% to 10.9440, while USD/MAD fell 0.66% to 9.6710.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.94% at 95.85.