Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Holding Companies and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.83% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 5.83% or 169 points to trade at 3069 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) added 3.29% or 51 points to end at 1600 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 2.82% or 2.90 points to 105.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which lost 6.35% or 1.56 points to trade at 23.00 in late trade. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 5.49% or 25.00 points to end at 430.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) shed 5.32% or 50.00 points to 890.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 7 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.41% or 0.28 to $68.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.66% or 1.25 to hit $74.07 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1267.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 11.0920, while USD/MAD fell 0.20% to 9.4873.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.00.