Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 4.65% or 24.00 points to trade at 540.00 at the close. BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 3.44% or 24 points to end at 731 and Salafin (CS:SLF) was up 3.33% or 30 points to 930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Colorado (CS:COL), which lost 7.59% or 4.93 points to trade at 60.05 in late trade. Sothema (CS:SOT) declined 3.39% or 64 points to end at 1825 and Snep (CS:SNP) shed 3.15% or 14.80 points to 455.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.25% or 0.68 to $53.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.42% or 0.26 to hit $62.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1317.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.09% to 10.8882, while USD/MAD rose 0.18% to 9.5464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 95.852.