Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Insurance and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which rose 5.47% or 55 points to trade at 1060 at the close. Meanwhile, Med Paper (CS:PAP) added 4.37% or 0.65 points to end at 15.50 and Ennakl (CS:NAKL) was up 3.84% or 1.50 points to 39.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which fell 5.98% or 12.55 points to trade at 197.30 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 5.01% or 188 points to end at 3562 and Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA) was down 4.43% or 128 points to 2760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 14 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.41% or 0.85 to $61.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.01% or 0.66 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.60 to trade at $1192.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.67% to 10.8240, while USD/MAD fell 1.12% to 9.7326.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.42% at 96.14.