Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Food Producers & Processors and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 4.53% or 65.00 points to trade at 1500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) added 4.46% or 209 points to end at 4890 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 4.00% or 1.00 points to 26.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Data SA (CS:MIC), which fell 7.13% or 16.50 points to trade at 215.00 at the close. Taslif (CS:TSF1) declined 5.93% or 1.48 points to end at 23.47 and Risma (CS:RIS) was down 3.85% or 4.80 points to 120.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 16 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hps (CS:HPS) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.53% or 65.00 to 1500.00. Shares in Taslif (CS:TSF1) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.93% or 1.48 to 23.47. Shares in Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.00% or 1.00 to 26.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.39% or 0.18 to $46.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.27 to trade at $1241.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.23% to 11.0620, while USD/MAD fell 0.48% to 9.5686.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 94.42.