Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food Producers & Processors, Banking and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghrebail (CS:MAB), which rose 5.91% or 39 points to trade at 698 at the close. BMCI (CS:BMCI) added 5.35% or 30 points to end at 590 and CDM (CS:CDM) was up 5.26% or 23 points to 460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which lost 3.48% or 39 points to trade at 1081 in late trade. Sonasid (CS:SOND) declined 3.16% or 19 points to end at 581 and Attijariwafa Bank (CS:ATW) shed 2.86% or 9.90 points to 335.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 18 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.23% or 1.02 to $44.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.13% or 1.03 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.99% or 11.30 to trade at $1134.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.10% to 10.9020, while USD/MAD fell 0.32% to 9.7025.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.10.