Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Beverage and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.98% or 25.35 points to trade at 279.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) added 7.90% or 9.80 points to end at 133.80 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 6.67% or 8 points to 128 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which fell 5.94% or 148 points to trade at 2342 at the close. Oulmes (CS:OULM) declined 5.33% or 80 points to end at 1420 and CDM (CS:CDM) was down 3.46% or 18 points to 502.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 21 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.00% or 1.06 to $51.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.63% or 0.91 to hit $54.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1234.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.07% to 10.7320, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 10.0392.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 100.31.