Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.78%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Invest Companies&Other Finance, Oil&Gas and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.78% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS), which rose 4.95% or 1.69 points to trade at 35.80 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC) added 3.65% or 1.35 points to end at 38.38 and Afric Industries Sa (CSE:AFI) was up 2.14% or 6.50 points to 310.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which lost 9.69% or 45.85 points to trade at 427.10 in late trade. Societe Equipement Domestique et Menager SA (CSE:EQD) declined 7.52% or 88.00 points to end at 1,082.00 and Ste Promotion Pharmaceutique du Maghreb SA (CSE:PRO) shed 5.93% or 60.00 points to 952.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 36 to 12 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 5.15% or 3.80 to $70.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.87% or 3.77 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 10.10 to trade at $2,675.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.19% to 10.73, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.02% to 9.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.93.