Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Pharmaceutical Industry and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.74% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which rose 9.45% or 19.00 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Disway (CS:DWAY) added 3.86% or 8.50 points to end at 228.50 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 3.85% or 4.55 points to 122.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which lost 5.82% or 13.00 points to trade at 210.00 in late trade. Managem (CS:MNG) declined 5.74% or 53 points to end at 870 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) shed 3.34% or 2.89 points to 83.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.75% or 0.45 to $60.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.45% or 0.28 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.50 to trade at $1179.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.13% to 10.8700, while USD/MAD rose 0.17% to 9.6739.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.30.