Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.02%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Holding Companies and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 8.68% or 41.55 points to trade at 520.00 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) added 7.38% or 2.40 points to end at 34.90 and Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) was up 6.89% or 33.15 points to 514.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX), which lost 8.91% or 20.90 points to trade at 213.55 in late trade. Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) declined 3.92% or 2.00 points to end at 49.00 and Colorado (CSE:COL) shed 2.66% or 1.38 points to 50.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 18 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.94% or 0.67 to $72.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.85% or 0.64 to hit $75.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.80 to trade at $2,747.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.02% to 10.71, while USD/MAD fell 0.15% to 9.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 103.62.