Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 9.99% or 33.95 points to trade at 373.95 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) added 9.98% or 23.95 points to end at 263.95 and Involys (CS:INV) was up 9.03% or 13.00 points to 157.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jet Contractors (CS:JET), which lost 6.39% or 26.50 points to trade at 388.50 in late trade. Label Vie (CS:LBV) declined 4.83% or 82 points to end at 1616 and Lydec (CS:LYD) shed 4.55% or 29.60 points to 620.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 16 and 11 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.69% or 0.36 to $51.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.66% or 0.38 to hit $57.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 16.26 to trade at $1286.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.20% to 11.1370, while USD/MAD rose 0.49% to 9.4683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 93.51.