Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Real Estate and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which rose 5.88% or 10.00 points to trade at 180.00 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) added 5.86% or 44 points to end at 794 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 5.29% or 0.95 points to 18.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afric Industries Sa (CS:AFIND), which lost 5.99% or 21.30 points to trade at 333.80 in late trade. Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) declined 5.99% or 60 points to end at 940 and Axa Credit (CS:AXC) shed 5.98% or 19.75 points to 310.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.51% or 0.25 to $48.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.25 to hit $50.29 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.87% or 11.05 to trade at $1286.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.9310, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 9.6888.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 94.42.