Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Utilities and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX), which rose 5.98% or 12.20 points to trade at 216.20 at the close. Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Banque SA (CSE:BCI) added 5.69% or 33.80 points to end at 627.00 and Les Eaux Minerales Oulmes SA (CSE:OUL) was up 3.74% or 49.00 points to 1,359.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS), which lost 7.60% or 2.47 points to trade at 30.02 in late trade. Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:SRM) declined 5.79% or 5.90 points to end at 96.00 and Micro Data SA (CSE:MIC) shed 5.69% or 37.80 points to 627.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 30 to 18 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.58% or 1.19 to $76.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.37% or 1.09 to hit $80.71 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.40 to trade at $2,321.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.27% to 10.72, while USD/MAD rose 0.41% to 9.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 104.91.