Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 5.83% or 8.75 points to trade at 158.75 at the close. Taslif (CS:TSF1) added 5.52% or 1.34 points to end at 25.60 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was up 4.28% or 2.05 points to 49.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS), which lost 2.69% or 3.90 points to trade at 141.00 in late trade. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 2.48% or 15.50 points to end at 610.00 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) shed 1.98% or 40 points to 1980.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.15% or 0.76 to $65.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.53% or 1.07 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.60 to trade at $1338.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.26% to 11.3410, while USD/MAD rose 0.30% to 9.1809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 89.39.