Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Distributors and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CDM (CS:CDM), which rose 5.98% or 31 points to trade at 549 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) added 4.92% or 16.00 points to end at 341.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was up 3.85% or 11.00 points to 297.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which lost 5.98% or 10.30 points to trade at 162.00 in late trade. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 4.64% or 29.00 points to end at 596.00 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) shed 3.00% or 12.00 points to 388.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 18 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $57.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.00 to trade at $1266.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.16% to 11.1600, while USD/MAD rose 0.14% to 9.4339.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.31.