Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Involys (CS:INV), which rose 9.96% or 10.95 points to trade at 120.85 at the close. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) added 5.99% or 8.45 points to end at 149.45 and Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) was up 5.68% or 133 points to 2475 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 8.17% or 13 points to trade at 150 in late trade. S2M (CS:S2M) declined 7.55% or 17.35 points to end at 212.60 and Jet Contractors (CS:JET) shed 6.00% or 9.00 points to 141.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 17 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.12 to $53.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.38% or 0.21 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1225.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.12% to 10.6810, while USD/MAD rose 0.15% to 10.0900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 101.29.