Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Building Materials, Real Estate and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS), which rose 6.08% or 268 points to trade at 4678 at the close. Meanwhile, Dari Couspate SA (CS:DRI) added 5.98% or 122 points to end at 2162 and Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) was up 5.93% or 8.90 points to 158.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which fell 6.55% or 87 points to trade at 1242 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 6.50% or 22.70 points to end at 326.30 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) was down 5.96% or 11.50 points to 181.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 35 to 16 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) rose to all time highs; rising 6.08% or 268 to 4678.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.26% or 0.14 to $53.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.28 to hit $55.20 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.88% or 10.00 to trade at $1132.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.28% to 10.5840, while USD/MAD fell 0.22% to 10.1830.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 103.24.