Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Construction & Building Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which rose 9.96% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.95 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 3.34% or 1.65 points to end at 51.00 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 3.11% or 9.50 points to 315.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 5.99% or 7.60 points to trade at 119.30 in late trade. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 3.39% or 0.61 points to end at 17.39 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) shed 2.50% or 40 points to 1560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.70% or 1.54 to $40.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.38% or 1.47 to hit $42.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.85 to trade at $1360.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 10.8990, while USD/MAD fell 0.04% to 9.7565.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.63.