Morocco stocks lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.53%

Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Beverage , Real Estate and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR ), which rose 9.98% or 4.94 points to trade at 54.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM ) added 3.23% or 15.00 points to end at 480.00 and Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS ) was up 1.31% or 0.49 points to 37.99 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Involys (CSE:INV ), which fell 6.19% or 6.50 points to trade at 98.50 at the close. Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM ) declined 2.97% or 77.00 points to end at 2,513.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA ) was down 2.80% or 0.45 points to 15.62.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 34 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.65% or 1.16 to $71.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.53% or 1.12 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 17.20 to trade at $2,669.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.15% to 10.78, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 9.70.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 100.29.

Source: Investing.com