Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transport, Invest Companies & Other Finance and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which rose 1.81% or 32 points to trade at 1800 at the close. Risma (CS:RIS) added 1.69% or 2.95 points to end at 178.00 and Snep (CS:SNP) was up 1.27% or 9.00 points to 719.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which lost 5.97% or 8.45 points to trade at 133.00 in late trade. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 4.72% or 28 points to end at 572 and Salafin (CS:SLF) shed 4.37% or 48 points to 1050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 9 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.32% or 0.89 to $66.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.21% or 0.88 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1350.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 11.3470, while USD/MAD fell 0.33% to 9.1658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 89.16.