Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Food Producers & Processors and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Societe des Boissons du Maroc SA (CSE:SBM), which rose 6.99% or 168.00 points to trade at 2,573.00 at the close. Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS) added 3.78% or 1.19 points to end at 32.69 and Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE:SOT) was up 3.77% or 36.00 points to 990.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CSE:M2M), which lost 5.89% or 26.50 points to trade at 423.50 in late trade. S2M (CSE:S2M) declined 3.95% or 7.00 points to end at 170.00 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) shed 3.56% or 0.39 points to 10.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 18 and 12 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.38% or 0.32 to $82.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.20 to hit $86.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 15.85 to trade at $2,381.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.04% to 10.68, while USD/MAD fell 0.18% to 9.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.58.