Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 3.87% or 1.84 points to trade at 49.34 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) added 2.94% or 4.70 points to end at 164.70 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) was up 2.51% or 0.49 points to 19.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which lost 5.73% or 189 points to trade at 3111 in late trade. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 5.42% or 6.55 points to end at 114.35 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) shed 4.85% or 250 points to 4900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.60% or 1.02 to $62.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.25% or 0.84 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.18% or 15.70 to trade at $1317.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.28% to 11.3060, while USD/MAD rose 0.43% to 9.2429.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 90.32.