Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Software & Computer Services and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.58% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CSE:CTM), which rose 7.14% or 50.00 points to trade at 750.00 at the close. Auto Hall (CSE:ATH) added 2.69% or 1.73 points to end at 65.98 and Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM) was up 2.13% or 49.00 points to 2,349.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jet Contractors (CSE:JET), which lost 5.38% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,760.00 in late trade. Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) declined 4.38% or 1.97 points to end at 43.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) shed 4.19% or 0.70 points to 16.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 34 to 13 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.50% or 1.04 to $70.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.33% or 0.96 to hit $73.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 1.14 to trade at $2,627.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.18% to 10.48, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.05% to 10.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 107.89.