Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Transport and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.98% or 7.15 points to trade at 126.80 at the close. Timar (CS:TIM) added 5.55% or 12.10 points to end at 229.95 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 2.47% or 2.75 points to 114.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU), which lost 2.93% or 4.25 points to trade at 140.75 in late trade. CTM (CS:CTM) declined 2.75% or 21.00 points to end at 744.00 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 2.31% or 2.65 points to 112.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.18% or 0.55 to $45.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.18% or 0.58 to hit $48.76 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 9.75 to trade at $1217.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.8140, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.9281.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.39.