Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Insurance and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.95% or 2.16 points to trade at 23.86 at the close. Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 5.92% or 155 points to end at 2775 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 4.32% or 3.97 points to 95.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lydec (CS:LYD), which lost 9.98% or 60.00 points to trade at 541.00 in late trade. AFMA SA (CS:AFM) declined 6.87% or 59 points to end at 800 and Taslif (CS:TSF1) shed 5.97% or 1.90 points to 29.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 33 to 11 and 11 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.58% or 0.84 to $53.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.47% or 0.82 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.15 to trade at $1137.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.22% to 10.6260, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 10.1610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.