Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Transport and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.56% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 8.87% or 3.99 points to trade at 48.99 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 3.60% or 40 points to end at 1150 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was up 3.15% or 1.80 points to 58.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which lost 9.98% or 32.65 points to trade at 294.35 in late trade. Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) declined 8.66% or 117.0 points to end at 1234.0 and AFMA SA (CS:AFM) shed 8.63% or 85 points to 900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.63% or 0.32 to $50.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.65% or 0.35 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.35 to trade at $1254.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 10.7190, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 10.0554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.46.