Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Construction & Building Materials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were BMCI (CS:BMCI), which rose 5.99% or 36 points to trade at 637 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CS:S2M) added 5.68% or 12.60 points to end at 234.60 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 4.05% or 5.25 points to 135.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which fell 5.08% or 50 points to trade at 937 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) declined 4.30% or 8.90 points to end at 198.00 and Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) was down 3.85% or 50 points to 1250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.21% or 0.59 to $48.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.97% or 0.50 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.86% or 10.65 to trade at $1244.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.27% to 10.7800, while USD/MAD fell 0.41% to 9.9673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 99.49.