Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Forestry & Paper and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Snep (CS:SNP), which rose 9.99% or 40.50 points to trade at 445.90 at the close. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) added 7.76% or 10.40 points to end at 144.40 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was up 6.75% or 12 points to 184 in late trade.
Biggest losers included S2M (CS:S2M), which lost 5.43% or 14.00 points to trade at 244.00 in late trade. Hps (CS:HPS) declined 4.88% or 58.00 points to end at 1130.00 and Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) shed 2.77% or 5.90 points to 207.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 19 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.03 to trade at $1224.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.03% to 10.9880, while USD/MAD rose 0.09% to 9.6798.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.