Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM), which rose 9.97% or 11.95 points to trade at 131.80 at the close. Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE:RDS) added 6.41% or 4.94 points to end at 81.95 and Maghrebail (CSE:MAB) was up 5.99% or 54.90 points to 970.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which lost 6.07% or 1.94 points to trade at 30.00 in late trade. Sanlam Maroc SA (CSE:SAH) declined 5.70% or 111.00 points to end at 1,836.00 and Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE:SID) shed 3.34% or 29.70 points to 860.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 21 and 14 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.39% or 0.31 to $78.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.30% or 0.25 to hit $82.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 9.30 to trade at $2,389.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.26% to 10.70, while USD/MAD fell 0.22% to 9.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.07.